Cleaning, deburring, surface improvement, inhibiting and drying are all components of the mass finishing surface preparation process. Each of these may be achieved through several processes where the determining factors are efficiency, production rate and economy.

Cleaning is the most important step in the mass finishing process, because it is the basis for all finishing operations. In order to efficiently debur, burnish, inhibit, plate, or paint a part, it must be clean. The part must be free of residues from the surface of the part; these residues include dust or particles, cutting or stamping fluid, die lubes, corrosion inhibitors, oxidation or scale. Each of these residues, alone or in combination with one another, requires its own type of cleaning chemistry. Chemetall Americas has cleaners to address the critical cleaning requirement of the mass finishing industry.