SDC EP10
ELECTROPOLISHING SYSTEM
SDC's EP10 is a stand-alone proprietary electropolishing machine.
SDC’s EP10 is a small part electropolishing machine. It is designed and built to produce a consistent, corrosion-resistant, high-polished surface on smaller parts where a precise, controlled process is critical. Our stand-alone system offers a cost-effective solution to consistently polish and deburr small metal parts without compromising on quality.
This efficient production system was originally designed and built by our team to electrolytically polish small stainless steel medical implants. Its small footprint, advanced controls, and proven durability offer an ideal alternative to large electropolishing systems for many applications.
Each electropolishing project we provide has its own unique specifications and equipment to fulfill the needs of our customers. We design these units to fit you and your product through custom designed parts handling systems.
The EP10 Chassis is designed and built to produce a corrosion-resistant, high-polished surface. Our small electropolishing system offers a cost-effective solution to improve your standard or quality.
Common Metals Include:
- Stainless Steel
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Titanium
- Nickel
- Brass
- Gold
- Silver
Popular Applications:
- Medical and Dental Implant Devices
- Medical and Dental Instruments
- Aerospace Components
- Automotive Parts and Accessories
- Pharmaceutical Processing Components
- Food and Beverage Production Components
- Jewelry
Show above: Custom EP10 with process-specific components
Medical & Dental Devices | Medical & Dental Instruments
When a precision finish is required for stents, implants, and medical devices to ensure safe and long-lasting performance, the SDC EP10 automated electropolishing machine provides reliable consistency from part to part while smoothing surfaces to enhance device quality.
Medical and dental devices and instruments are perfect candidates for electropolishing. From the removal of contaminants to creating corrosion resistant surfaces, these instruments can be electropolished to provide safe, aesthetically pleasing tools for the healthcare industry.
Aerospace Components
Electropolishing provides the bright, smooth, and enhanced surfaces required for the tight tolerances and standards of the aerospace industry. Where harsh environmental and application conditions are ever present, electropolished components have increased longevity while maintaining the required tolerances and standards of the aerospace industry.
Automotive Parts & Accessories
Success in the automotive world is directly related to reduced friction on critical performance components. Electropolishing reduces the surface friction where the flow of air and fluids is directly related to electropolished surfaces to ensure consistent results and optimize performance.
Pharmaceutical Processing Components
Contaminant-free and clean surfaces are critical to ensuring a safe, quality, and consistent product. Especially when applied to high-speed production and packaging equipment, electropolished surfaces proved the smooth, easy to clean surfaces required to produce safe pharmaceutical products.
Food & Beverage Production Components
Electropolishing creates superior food-grade surfaces on many types of equipment. Our system ensures parts are corrosion resistant and contaminant-free, making for easy cleaning and sanitation. Electropolishing allows for safe and clean processing, storage, distribution, and packaging on surfaces that directly contact food and beverages.
Jewelry
Electropolishing enhances the brilliance and natural shine of gold and silver without disturbing intricate patterns and metalwork. Electropolishing can minimize and even eliminate minor scratches, stains, and heat-related discolorations frequently found in the jewelry creation process.
Standard Features
- Free-standing, small footprint unit
- Heavy duty construction
- User-friendly touch screen display
- Robust PLC machine control
- Additional on-board I/O
- Dedicated electropolishing power supply
- Independent over-temperature alarm
- Operation indicator lights
- Baffle controlled solution bath flow system
- Front access solution bath drain valve
EP10 Details
Case Study:
SDC Electropolishing – The EP10
A medical device manufacturer needed two machines to electropolish their stents. These machines also needed to follow international compliance standards for shipping overseas.
About Electropolishing
Electropolishing is an increasingly common method for polishing and deburring ferrous and nonferrous metals. Electropolishing systems work by smoothing, polishing, and deburring metal surfaces in an electrolytic bath. This process selectively removes high points on the metal surface while producing a uniform, high luster.
Electropolishing works by immersing a metal part in liquid media and subjecting it to direct current. The metal part becomes anodic (+) while another metal, usually lead, copper, or stainless steel, is used as a cathode (-). The direct current flows from the anode to the cathode, removing metal ions at a controlled rate. The amount of metal removed is dependent on the specific bath, temperature, speed, and alloy being electropolished.
Unlike conventional mechanical finishing systems, this process does not smear, bend, stress, or fracture the crystalline metal surface to achieve smoothness or luster. Instead, electropolishing removes metal from the surface while producing a unidirectional pattern that is stress- and occlusion-free, microscopically smooth, and often highly reflective. In addition, improved corrosion resistance and passivity are achieved on many ferrous and some nonferrous alloys. This same process is used for micro and macro deburring, as this reverse plating process selectively removes metal ions from high points on the surface without scratching them.
Note: Steven Douglas Corp. (SDC) is not an electropolishing or metal finishing company and does not offer electropolishing services. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice.
Blog Post:
Electropolishing for Industrial Use
Electropolishing is an increasingly common method for smoothing, polishing, and deburring ferrous and nonferrous metals. Also referred to as electrochemical polishing, anodic polishing, or electrolytic polishing, this method is especially useful for polishing and deburring metal parts that are fragile or have complex shapes. Learn more about the electropolishing process
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