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Seeking Automatic/Semi-Automatic Machine for Buffing and Polishing Stainless Steel Utensils

RFQ: Dear Sir,

I have my own manufacturing unit of stainless steel utensils. Due to labour problem our production is very slow and we can't deliver our consignment on time. We made the initial product very fast but due to problem of polishing labour the product can't be dispatched very fast.

I have many products of which we have to do only inner polish & also have the product which require both inner as well as outer polish.

If you have such automatic machines please let us know about them. We are ready to purchase some machine.

Thanks,

Vineet M [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
ALLOYS - Jagadhri, Haryana, INDIA
2001

Ed. note: Sorry, this RFQ is old & outdated, so contact info is no longer available. However, if you feel that something technical should be said in reply, please post it; no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?)

Q. I am a stainless steel utensil manufacturer. We currently use buffing machines which require a lot of human labour. Can you suggest some other technique or automatic machine which makes the process automated & cost effective.

Rahul J [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
manufacturer - Delhi, India
February 18, 2008

A. Dear Vineet, Rahul,

The cheapest solution for polishing/brightening stainless steel utensils (but expensive as investment ) is vibratory brightening with stainless steel balls in automatic machines providing 2,700 - 3,000 vibrations/minute. The time of brightening is 10 - 20 minutes. There are a few manufacturers of such type of machines in Europe.

Emmanuel Popesco
- Chennevieres, France
2001

Q. Dear Sir,

10 to 20 minutes is a lot of time. The laborers can manually polish the utensils in about 2 minutes. Is there any other alternative.

Regards,

Jigar Vikam
- Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
July 5, 2012

A. Hi Jigar.

Although the machine that Emmanuel is talking about runs for 10 to 20 minutes, it is processing more than one part. It is an automated process which would take less than the 2 minutes of labor time that you reference. Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
July 5, 2012

RFQ: Want to buy semi-automatic or fully automatic machine for polishing stainless steel utensils.

Kala [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
export - India
2001

2001

A. Kala

Your question or problem cannot be answered with one or two words. Normally the most cost effective way to polish any large volume of parts is to consider mass finishing systems. Depending on the sizes of your parts, their volume, throughput or time, determines which machine system that you should consider. Small volumes may be better worked by buffing wheel systems. If the finished product only needs a good appearance, no surface improvements, then electro polishing might be the way to go.

AF Kenton
retired business owner - Hatboro, Pennsylvania

RFQ: Dear Sir,

We are looking for a source for supplying machinery to surface polish stainless steel utensils.

At present we use the age-old technique of hand buffing which is slow, cumbersome and expensive and least of all regular. Please advise.

Gagan A [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- New Delhi, India
1997

We are a manufacturer of s.s.utensils in Gujrat. We are interested in buffing machine. Please send technical & commercial details of machine.
Jitendra h [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- ahmedabad, India

Dear Sir, we are interested in the buffing machinery as well. Regards,
anup s [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Mumbai, India

We are the manufacturers of stainless steel utensils and we want semi automatic or fully automatic polishing system by which we save our labour and can improve our quality. We manufacture bowls trays and kitchen utensils and dinner sets.
Anisulgasan G [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

We are one of the leading manufacturers of home appliances in India. We need automatic polishing machine for our Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink in different models.
KUMARESAAN [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
Manufacturers of Household Appliances - TAMIL NADU, INDIA

RFQ: Dear Sir,

We are a manufacturer and exporter of Commercial Kitchen Equipment, Office and health equipment. We use Stainless Steel as a major raw material for our products. For our production purpose we need the Polishing machine of different types. We request information from the machine manufacturers for Stainless Steel polishing.

Thanks & regards

Nguyen C [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Ho Chi Minh, VietNam, VietNam
2004

I am in need of a semiautomatic buffing machine for attaining mirror and satin finish. This is to be from Stainless steel 304 grade material. Any information about the technical specification and price would be greatly helpful.
Ramachandra N [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
Buffing - Mumbai, Maharastra, India

We need a satin finish, gloss finish, pearl finish machines for our products.
Garg A [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
mfgr. of stainless steel sinks - New Delhi, Delhi, India

I am a stainless steel utensil manufacturer.We currently use buffing machines which require a lot of human labour. Can you suggest some other technique or automatic machine which makes the process automated & cost effective.
MANIK G [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
CHEMICALS & ALLIED INDUSTRY - JAGADHRI, YAMUNANAGAR, Haryana

INTERESTED TO PURCHASE S S STEEL POLISHING MACHINE G- 25 INCH THICKNESS .5 MM TO 5 MM
M.M LAL
SS STEEL UTENSIL MANUFACTURE - GURGAON, Haryana, INDIA

RFQ: Dear Sir,

We are a manufacturer and exporter of Commercial Kitchen Equipment, Office and health equipment. We use Stainless Steel as a major raw material for our products. For our production purpose we need the Polishing machine of different types. We request information from the machine manufacturers for Stainless Steel polishing.

Thanks & regards

Vikramjit S [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
SS Fabricator - Mumbai, India
December 5, 2009

RFQ: We urgently need a machine capable of polishing grade 304 Stainless Steel Square Bars within the range of 10 mm x 10 mm up to 30 mm x 30 mm with a length of 3000 mm and/or 6000 mm to a mirror finish level for heavy duty works.
Our required port of delivery would be the Dubai, U.A.E.

In case further clarifications are required you may either send us an email or call us.
Thanks and regards

Iman E [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
Stainless Steel Stockist - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
May 23, 2010

January 17, 2012

RFQ. We are looking for a machine which can deburr and polish stainless steel sheet. The sheet size is 480 mm width, 500 mm length and thickness 4 mm.

The importance is that polishing speed can be similar with deburring speed. So polishing process speed must be fast enough.

If the machine has no deburring, only polishing function, that is also acceptable.

Many thanks.

James Tu
- Beijing, China

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