Able Electropolishing Overview

Since 1954, Able Electropolishing has pioneered electropolishing, whose expertise extends across a wide range of metal alloys, from aluminum to stainless steel and titanium. With a highly skilled team and the capacity to handle both small and large-scale projects, Able is distinguished from other service providers.

Able collaborates closely with clients across diverse industries such as aerospace, medical, laboratory, pharmaceutical, and food processing, among others. Able has innovated processes that deliver the utmost precision, consistency, and reliability in electropolishing critical metal parts.

Since its establishment in 1954, Able has also provided passivation services, offering both citric and nitric passivation options, plus vapor degreasing and ultrasonic cleaning. It’s worth noting that parts undergoing electropolishing are also passivated during the process, which includes the advantage of eliminating microscopic cracks, burrs, and other imperfections. For many seeking passivation, electropolishing not only meets but often exceeds their passivation requirements.

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1. ELECTROPOLISHING OVERVIEW www.ableelectropolishing.com
2. Services Electropolishing Passivation Pre-clean Operations Bake-out Custom packaging www.ableelectropolishing.com
3. • Optimized finish, fit, and function • Adherence to industry standards • Increased resistance to corrosion and pathogens • Greater biocompatibility • Ultraclean finish and enhanced cleanability • Improve microfinish by 50% Able’s “Finish First” Methodology Add electropolishing at the beginning of your R&D process www.ableelectropolishing.com
4. • Stainless steel • 200-300 series • 400 series • Precipitating hardening grades • Unusual types • Aluminum • Carbon steels • Copper alloys • Nitinol • Tool steels • Specialty/exotic alloys Supported Metal Alloys for Electropolishing www.ableelectropolishing.com
5. • Corrosion resistance • Microfinishing to remove surface anomalies • Deburring • Ultracleaning • Durability and fatigue life improvement • Improved cycle life • Bacteria and other pathogen resistance Electropolishing Benefits www.ableelectropolishing.com
6. Industry Specifications Able adheres to international standards of excellence, ensuring that we consistently provide high-quality metal finishing services. We meet the following electropolishing and passivating industry standards: • ASTM B912 (Electropolishing) • ASTM F86 (Electropolishing/Passivation) • ASTM A967 (Passivation) • ASTM A380 (Passivation) • ASME BPE (Electropolishing) • AMS 2700 (Passivation) • ISO 15730 (Electropolishing) www.ableelectropolishing.com
7. Electropolishing vs. Passivation Metal Removal = Metal Improvement www.ableelectropolishing.com
8. 30x more corrosion resistance than passivation alone Corrosion Resistance with Electropolishing Removes contaminants below the surface No risk of flash-attack www.ableelectropolishing.com
9. Non-distorting Deburring Benefits Effective with most part configurations Consistently removes: • Fine blanking burrs • Milling burrs • Broaching burrs • Lapping burrs • Grinding burrs www.ableelectropolishing.com
10. Deburring Example: Blade Edge 420 Stainless Steel www.ableelectropolishing.com
11. Removes small imperfections that might become initiation sites for premature failure Fatigue Life Improvement Good for parts that flex, cycle, twist, or bend Use alone or in conjunction with shot peening www.ableelectropolishing.com
12. Contaminant free Ultracleaning Benefits Removes: • Imbedded scale • Light rust • Foreign debris • Grinding compounds • Weld discoloration Improved weld integrity Non-coating Non-distorting www.ableelectropolishing.com
13. • Valuable R&D input by Able’s engineering team • Sample transmittal form and shipping label provided by Able • Samples are fully engineered and run on production equipment • 24–48-hour turnaround for all samples • Video chat set-up to review samples, iterate, obtain feedback Able’s Sample Process CONFIDENTIAL 13