Abrasive Flow Machining (AFM)

ONE WAY FLOW

The die & mold industry dedicated machine. With the invention of the Abrasive Flow Machining process, Extrude Hone Corporation developed an entirely new finish machining tool – a plastic, abrasive laden polymer with very special properties that allow it to selectively and controllably abrade surfaces that it flows across. A broad family of these abrasive medias are available to achieve a wide range of results from fine honing to aggressive surface removal.

With standard Abrasive Flow Machining the abrasive media is extruded back and forth through a workpiece. With ONE WAY FLOW Abrasive Flow Machining, the abrasive media flows through the tooling and workpiece in only one direction.

SPECTRUM

The wide range of capabilities machine solution for Aerospace and other markets. The SPECTRUM Series abrasive flow machine offers a broad range of process capabilities with a selection of media cylinder diameters ranging from full pressure 12” (300mm) models, to lower pressure 24” (600mm) versions.

The SPECTRUM Series machines are available in designs that can be built to meet any production requirements. Many options are available, such as Internal Media Refeed Systems, Rotary Tables, Automatic Process Control and Programming, Media Cooling Units, Workpiece Handling Systems, Customized Work Platforms, and many others.

VECTOR

The precision deburring and polishing system. The VECTOR Abrasive Flow Machining (AFM) system is an extremely flexible machine. It is capable of polishing large extrusion and forming dies, deburring and polishing precision parts in small to medium batch quantities.

ECOFLOW

The ECOFLOW series machines are specifically designed for the small die maker or job shop owner. It is the ideal economical alternative for processing carbide dies for precise and repeatable surface finish improvement as well as short-run polishing and radiusing of surfaces and edges of critical components. ECOFLOW is the solution when there can be no compromise in edge and surface improvement conditioning.
The ECOFLOW machine uniformly smooths and blends in features, automatically and controllably, to the same quality level as its larger counterparts in the Extrude Hone AFM Product Portfolio. AFM technology can consistently finish internal curved and complex surface locations which are unreachable by any other means.

EASYFLOW

EASYFLOW polishes your dies up to the ultimate performance level. With large capacity, strong hydraulic power, the ability to process large dies, and astonishing simplicity, EASYFLOW brings your production a step forward in competitiveness. Save time and money. Invest now in state-of-the-art economical die polishing machine directly from the inventor of the Abrasive Flow Machining process – Extrude Hone – a name you can trust.