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Industry Solutions

Medical Device Manufacturing

Medical Device Manufacturing

From implantable devices to surgical instruments, electropolishing is a single-process treatment that results in biocompatible, safe and ultra clean parts.

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Aerospace

Aerospace

We offer aerospace vendors and original equipment manufacturers our signature metal finishing services to increase fatigue-resistance for their metal parts, rendering them capable of withstanding the stress and corrosion that comes with long-term use.

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Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical

Our strict adherence to industry standards ensures that pharmaceutical components are electropolished in accordance with ASTM B912 and ASME BPE specifications. These products are clean and smooth, corrosion resistant and contaminant free.

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Automotive

Automotive

Corrosion resistance and microfinish improvement are essential for critical automotive parts, making electropolishing an increasingly beneficial option for automakers.

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Consumer Appliance

Consumer Appliance

Our metal finishing services help increase corrosion resistance for these parts, and by removing the outermost layer of metal withelectropolishing the durability and longevity of these appliance components is increased.

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Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Electropolishing materials for this industry eliminates the buildup of bacterial biofilms, as well as keeping the equipment free of contaminants like Salmonella. Electropolishing delivers the level of sanitation required by a number of regulatory agencies.

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Hydraulics & Pneumatics

Hydraulics & Pneumatics

From robotics to mobile equipment, the uses of electropolishing in the hydraulics and pneumatics industry are many. By helping prevent premature part failure, electropolishing reduces downtime and increases the life cycle of these components.

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Electronics

Electronics

Improving conductivity and performance is just one benefit electropolishing offers for electronics parts. The surface finish is improved by as much as 50%, removing imperfections from the material without material removal.

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Precision electropolishing, deburring and passivation services for 21 industries, from medical devices to power infrastructure.

Industry Solutions

Electropolishing and Passivation Services That Improve Performance Across Industries

For more than 70 years, Able Electropolishing has provided electropolishing, passivation and our unique Brite Passivation services for a wide range of industries. From high tech applications for military helicopters in aerospace to medical implants and surgical instruments to steel racks for food processing, we have a long and proud history of helping engineers improve the fit, function and aesthetics of their components.

Choose your industry to see the problems we solve, the alloys and specifications we work to, and real parts we have finished.

  • 21 industrieseach with its own specifications, alloys and case history
  • ISO 13485 · AS9100plus ISO 9001 and ITAR registration for regulated work
  • Since 1954the original electropolishing specialist, family-owned in Chicago
  • Free SampleSend us a sample and see the result before you commit

Medical & Life Sciences

Ultraclean, biocompatible surfaces that survive sterilization and meet the specs your regulators expect.

Medical Device Manufacturing

Burr-free, ultraclean implants and instruments with the passive surface ASTM F86 calls for.

Dental

Instruments that stay bright and corrosion-free through thousands of autoclave cycles.

Pharmaceutical

Product-contact parts that resist corrosion, clean faster and never harbor residue.

Aerospace, Defense & Space

Fatigue life, recast-layer removal and documented quality for flight-critical and mission-critical hardware.

Aerospace

Improved fatigue life and micro-burr removal on parts that cannot fail in service.

Defense

ITAR-registered, AS9100-certified finishing for military hardware and defense components.

Space & Satellites

Surface purity and dimensional precision for components headed beyond the atmosphere.

Energy & Infrastructure

Corrosion resistance and surface integrity for parts that live outdoors, underwater or under load for decades.

Oil & Gas

Corrosion-resistant surfaces for upstream, midstream and downstream equipment.

Power & Grid Infrastructure

Micro-burrs removed and free iron reduced so grid components last dramatically longer.

Energy

Surface purity and precision for generation, storage and transmission hardware.

Marine

Micro-crevices removed and a dense passive layer built to stand up to seawater and chlorides.

Architectural Metal

Bright, durable finishes for facades, handrails, signage and hardware.

Industrial & Mobility

Deburring, cleanliness and surface consistency for high-volume and high-pressure production parts.

Automotive

Cleaner, safer, longer-lasting parts, plus improved conductivity for EV battery components.

Hydraulics & Pneumatics

Burr-free valves, fittings and manifolds from robotics to heavy mobile equipment.

Fire Safety

Clean, passive stainless surfaces for sprinkler, suppression and firefighting components.

Consumer Appliances

Better corrosion protection than chemical passivation for household and consumer products.

Food & Sanitary Processing

Smooth, non-porous surfaces that resist biofilm and clean completely between runs.

Food & Beverage

Prevent biofilm and contamination on product-contact parts and processing equipment.

Meat & Poultry

Sanitation-grade surfaces that meet strict processing requirements and wash down clean.

Technology & Research

Microfinish, conductivity and part-to-part consistency for precision and high-purity applications.

Semiconductor

Ultra-high-purity finishes to SEMI F19 and other strict industry specifications.

Electronics

Prevent arcing and current interruption with a smoother, more conductive surface.

Laser, Optics & Photonics

Tighter consistency between parts for demanding optical and photonic assemblies.

National Labs & Higher Education

Improved microfinish on essential research and experimental equipment, nationwide.

How we work with your industry

The same process, engineered to your specification

Every industry on this page has its own standards, alloys and failure modes. Our job is to translate them into a repeatable finishing process with the documentation to prove it.

Electropolishing Small Parts

Electropolishing is an electrochemical process that uses precision science, not manual or mechanical polishing, to perfect metal parts of all shapes and sizes. Because of this, it can be used on parts big and small, including large batches of tiny, complex or otherwise delicate parts. Our exclusive Brite Passivation service, our lightest form of electropolishing, is ideal for removing the most minute layer of surface material possible, allowing us to give even the smallest, most fragile parts our signature finish.

Achieving a Uniform Surface Finish

Our electropolishing services allow us to treat the surface area of a part uniformly, even if it has a complex and intricate design. Unlike mechanical polishes that cannot achieve perfectly uniform finishes on complex parts, the electropolishing process ensures an even, uniform finish across a part’s entire surface area, whether it is one prototype or a production run of thousands.

Specification & documentation

ASTM B912, ASTM F86, SEMI F19, AMS 2700 and customer-specific specs, with certifications and lot traceability on request.

Prototype to production

Fixtures and parameters proven on your sample parts, then scaled to bulk or rack processing at production volumes.

Metal surface analytics

In-house testing to confirm passivation, cleanliness and surface roughness so results are measured, not assumed.

Not sure where your part fits?

Send it to us. We will electropolish it at no charge and return it with our recommendation.

The Able Electropolishing Advantage

Learn how electropolishing promotes corrosion resistance, fatigue life improvement & pathogen resistance in our new video

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Electropolishing, Passivation and Metal Surface Analytics Blog

Precise & Effective Deburring for Critical Parts

They may be microscopic, but the tiny jagged microburrs left behind on metal parts that have undergone machining processes can be big problems for manufacturers.

Improve the Finish, Fit & Function of Refractory Metal Parts

The extreme heat resistance and resilience characteristic of refractory metals like niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and TZM make them useful in applications like aerospace components, small modular reactor components and other parts that must withstand extreme environments.

Electropolishing for More Durable, Corrosion-Resistant Springs

A wide array of modern assemblies for everything from aerospace parts to medical devices depend on high-quality springs that must perform to incredibly precise specifications, often in very tiny spaces.

Electropolishing for Small Modular Reactor Component Performance

Small modular reactors are entering component fabrication under tight schedule pressure. Across every coolant technology, surface integrity is becoming a qualification gate — not an afterthought.