Skiving and Roller Burnishing
- Skiving operation is typically a finishing operation used
when close diameter and roundness tolerance are required.
- A skiving tool can be visualized as a modified floating reamer.
- The skiving process is used for rapid stock removal
with high penetration rates and low radial engagements.
- Burnishing operation cold works the surface of a workpiece.
One or more rollers or balls are pressed against the surface
of a workpiece, plasticizing the material’s top layer,
compressing the peaks and filling in the valleys.
- Roller burnishing can produce surface finishes of the
order of 1 micrometer Rz or 8µ-inches Ra.
- In deep hole drilling, roller burnishing operation often
follows a skiving operation in a single pass.
Machines with Skiving and Roller Burnishing Capabilities:
