MikroniteŽ is the brand name for a surface finishing process that strengthens, smoothes and polishes materials to enhance their performance.
In other words, MikroniteŽ improves sharpness, durability, lubricity and impact resistance while reducing friction, resistance and corrosion.
What Is The Process?
The MikroniteŽ process is based on a simple concept
of applying lapping-like scratching under extremely high compression.
Objects are placed in a fluidized medium containing an abrasive
in a specially designed reverse centrifugal accelerating agitator.
The medium is non-caustic and generally organic.
As the objects
are revolved, they are subjected to massive
G forces so that very fine particles --- as small
as dust --- operate multiple times their mass and
weight. To solve the problem of static revolving forces --- because
centrifugal forces spin things away from the center --- the reverse
centrifugal forces cause a wave-like motion creating a sinusoidal
agitation.
Once accelerated, the medium slides uniformly across
the object's surface with controlled and even distribution of
pressure.
How Does It Work?
The MikroniteŽ process works by compressing
the exterior surface of an object to reduce slip planes. To understand
slip planes, visualize a brick wall which usually cracks along
a line that looks like a staircase. This fracture line is a slip
plane. By compressing or meshing those relatively straight lines,
the MikroniteŽ process puts them in a tongue and groove or interwoven
relationship.
This produces molecular-level changes to the surface
of an object without changing its size, shape or metallurgy. The
depth of this change can be controlled for the best blend of hardness
and ductile properties. For example, it is usually desirable
to make the exterior harder and leave the interior ductile so
the material has the best of flexibility and strength without
brittleness.
What Is The Result?
As a result, surface characteristics
of an object are extremely optimized making them harder, smoother,
more polished, more uniform and more corrosion resistant with
higher lubricity and less friction.
What Materials Can Be Processed?
Virtually any material regardless of size or shape can be processed
using the MikroniteŽ process, particularly ceramics (both monocrystalline
and polycrystalline), metals (including those with soft or
malleable
surfaces such as titanium), and plastics. In addition, objects
never impact the sides of the container, therefore even brittle
pieces can be processed.
What MikroniteŽ is NOT
MikroniteŽ is solely a mechanical action process. It is not a coating, and it
does not involve an active heat process nor caustic chemicals
of any kind.
What Is The Process?
The MikroniteŽ process is based on a simple concept of applying lapping-like scratching under extremely high compression. Objects are placed in a fluidized medium containing an abrasive in a specially designed reverse centrifugal accelerating agitator. The medium is non-caustic and generally organic.
As the objects are revolved, they are subjected to massive G forces so that very fine particles --- as small as dust --- operate multiple times their mass and weight. To solve the problem of static revolving forces --- because centrifugal forces spin things away from the center --- the reverse centrifugal forces cause a wave-like motion creating a sinusoidal agitation.
Once accelerated, the medium slides uniformly across the object's surface with controlled and even distribution of pressure.
What is MIKRONITEŽ
