ISOTROPIC SUPER FINISHING

Grinding and Lapping has been the traditional final metal finishing operation performed on engineered metal-to-metal contact surfaces.

It results in a surface with a unidirectional ridged pattern that corresponds to the direction of the final grinding operation.
F1-Moto can now offer an Isotropic Superfinishing process this is a chemically accelerated finishing process. It uses the same vibratory finishing equipment as the rumbling process but replaces the abrasive media with a high-density, non-abrasive media that in combination with specific chemicals.The process is not a polishing process but rather a controlled surface finishing process. The process is able to produces  surface finishes of Ra 0.02 µm or Rz 0.2.

Because asperities have been removed, parts that have been subjected to this process have an improved, highly random, metal-to-metal contact pattern and the  final surface is smoother.

Among its many benefits, an F1-Moto super finished surface reduces friction and wear, increases part durability, and has become the super finishing process of choice in all areas of the motorsports world.