Surface Treatment
& Finishing

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Explore Our Electrochemical Surface Finishing Technologies

Faraday develops scalable electrochemical finishing approaches to radius, polish, deburr, shape and create a wide range of surfaces for improved performance. The following examples demonstrate Electrochemical Polishing of a wide range of materials (both additively manufactured and wrought), Electrochemical Machining to produce targeted shapes and structures, and Electrochemical Blade Sharpening/ Deburring to create a sharp, snag-free finish, and Through Mask Etching to create targeted channels or passages.

The FARADAYIC ® ElectroFinishing process uses benign electrolytes to polish, shape, and deburr to create targeted surface textures and high performance shapes. The approach has been shown to work with simple environmental and worker friendly salt-based electrolytes while greatly reducing manufacturing costs and increasing the manufacturing throughput.

These processes have been proven to:

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Medical Alloy Polishing

Simple, water-based, hydrofluoric acid-free chemistries enable electropolishing of strongly passive alloys, including:

Publications & Awards:

U.S. Patent Application:

Maria Inman, E. Jennings Taylor, Alonso Lozano-Morales, Holly Garich, Timothy D. Hall. “Electrochemical System and Method for Machining Strongly Passivating Metals

Electropolishing of Niobium / Tantalum

SRF Cavity Electropolishing System - Electropolished Tantalum Coupon

Stainless Steel Deburring/Radiusing

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Machining and Shaping of Metals

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Through Mask Etching

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U.S. Patent:

E. Jennings Taylor, Heather McCrabb. “Electrolytic etching of metal layers.

Reel to Reel ElectroPolishing

Publications & Awards:

U.S. Patent Application:

M. Inman, E.J. Taylor, A. Lozano-Morales, H.Garich, T. Hall “Electrochemical System and Method for Machining Strongly Passivating Metals.”

ElectroFinishing Of Additively Manufactured Components

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U.S. Patents:

Timothy D. Hall, Holly Garich, Heather McCrabb, E. Jennings Taylor. Sequenced Pulse Reverse Waveform Surface Finishing of Additively Manufactured Parts.”

Timothy D. Hall, Holly Garich, Heather McCrabb, E. Jennings Taylor. Sequenced Pulse Reverse Waveform Surface Finishing of Additively Manufactured Parts.”

If you have a challenging surface finishing problem that needs a scalable solution, call Faraday today!