Manufacturing

These are the steps of manufacturing precision balls:

1. Pressing: Usually, wire is the starting raw material. This is chopped into pins and pressed into shape.
2. Rolling: Rolling takes place between plates with circumferential grooves to eliminate pressed edges and increase the roundness of the balls.
3. Hardening: Hardening gives the balls the highest possible hardness.
4. Grinding: Multiple grinding processes result in higher precision of the balls.
5. Lapping: Lapping gives the balls a compact, shiny and perfect surface.
6. Washing: The final washing process removes all production residues.
7. Final inspection: All balls are 100% checked for diameter. Furthermore, the surface of all balls is optically scanned by machine and at the same time the physical integrity is checked by means of eddy current.
8. Packaging is carried out according to the standard or according to customer specifications.