Features & Benefits

Features	Benefits
Complete, free-standing unit with a small footprint	Start small, & economically add EP10s to meet your growing production needs
Heavy duty construction built out of acid-resistant materials	Unit will withstand the rigors of your electropolishing environment
Front access tank drain valve	Simplifies tank draining & maintenance
User-friendly color touch-screen display	Simplifies machine operation
Robust PLC machine control system	Control and monitor all critical machine functions Current, voltage and tank temperature History/trending of process variables On demand creating, modifying and retrieval of electropolishing recipes
Additional on-board I/O	Allows additional capabilities without upgrading the PLC
Dedicated electropolishing power supply	Ensures full and consistent power to the polishing process
Current & voltage regulation system with independent low-current alarm	Ensures each process is consistent and alarms you when there is a variance
Operation indicator lights	Easily monitor the EP10s across your floor
Baffling controlled bath agitation system	Designed to give you precise tank flow control for your specific application
Closed loop temperature control system with independent over-temperature alarm	Ensures each process is consistent and alarms you when there is a variance
Two pump solution cooling system	Pre-chill the cooling water for rapidly cooling the solution bath for maintenance and other reasons

Specifications

EP10	Specifications
Machine size:	Length: 42” x Width: 30” x Height: 72” *Note-Height includes the machine indicator lights
Electrical requirements:	220 Volts, 30 Amps, 50/60 Hz, 1 Phase, or 120 Volts, 60 Amps, 50/60Hz, 1 Phase
Electropolishing Circuit:	Volts: 48, Output Current: 32 Amps Dedicated Electropolishing Programmable Power Supply
Tank volume: (standard EP10)	10 US Gallons (37.85 Liter)
Tank Dimensions (standard 10-USG)	Width: 17.5" x Depth: 15.5" x Height: 8" See the "Open Polishing Area" tank illustration
Heating power:	2000 Watt (2x 1000 Watt Heating Coils)
Operating temperature range:	120º F to 180º F (48.8 C to 82.2 C)
Temperature accuracy:	+/- 1º F (+/- 0.55 C)
*Chiller power:	1/3 hp, 4050 BTU/Hr

Other General Specifications

• Heavy duty stainless steel unibody construction with stainless leveling feet and ventilation hood
• CPVC table top
• CAM-derived motions
• Polypropylene tank with splash guarding on sides and rear
• *Single or two up parts processing (requires addition of second power supply)
• Operation indicator stack lights
• *Teflon coated stainless steel cooling coil
• Dual tank heating elements
• Dual tank impellers (agitation)
• Custom engineering and configurations available upon request

*Available Optional Items. See Options Sheet for description.

• EP10 Product Flyer
• Base EP10 Description and Pricing
• Example EP10 Production Line
• EP10 Optional Components. Description and Pricing

Note: Features and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Customize the EP10

SDC can work with you on complete custom EP10 integration for your specific application. Common customizing ranges from engineering custom parts handling fixtures all the way through fully automating the EP10 including: parts feeding and unloading.

Part Fixturing

CSDC’s expertise in designing custom parts fixtures for all types of automation machines, make us the perfect choice to design and build your custom EP10 part's fixture.

Custom Machine Programming

The EP10’s user-friendly Touch-screen machine control system can be completely customized to your specific application. Machine control can is easily achieved from the touch-screen display to allow the selection, saving, modifying, and creation of new electropolishing “recipes” for many different parts.

About Electropolishing

Electropolishing is an expanding industry ideal for polishing & deburring Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals. See our list of standard metals suited for the Electropolishing process.

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 on the metal surface.

In practice, a metal part is immersed in a liquid media and subjected to direct current. The metal part is made anodic (+) and a metal, usually lead, copper, or stainless steel, is made cathodic (-). The direct current flows from the anode to the cathode, removing metal ions at a controlled rate. The amount of metal removed is dependent upon the specific bath, temperature, speed, and particular 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 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 the high points on the surface without etching it.

Note: Steven Douglas Corp (SDC) is not an electropolishing or metal finisher, and does not offer electropolishing services.

Standard EP10 Metals

The following metals can be electropolished and deburred on the EP10:

Metal	Metal
200, 300, 400 Series Stainless Steel	Nickel
Low Carbon steel	Nickel-Silver
High Carbon Steels Low-Alloy Steels	Certain Nonsilicon Aluminum Casting Alloys
Copper and Beryllium-Copper Alloy	Wrought Aluminum Alloys
Brass	Inconel
Bronze	Monel

If you electropolish a metal not listed above, use any method on our Contact page to dialogue with us to see if the EP10 will fit your specific application.