CINE earns 100% Quality - "Certified Supplier" rating from Carteret Die Casting

The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. is proud to announce that it received a "Certified Supplier" rating from it's customer Carteret Die Casting. To become a "Certified Supplier" the vendor must have at least 95% or greater on-time and quality ratings. We received a 100% rating from Carteret. Out of the 1,452 intricate parts that we cryogenically deburred throughout the year 2009, all of them passed quality control inspection and were delivered on-time. We take pride in our partnerships with our customers. High-quality deburring and on-time delivery are two things we take very seriously.

For more information about our cryogenic deburring please visit our cryogenic deburring page.

If you would like to send samples or have us review pictures for parts that require deburring, please email info@nitrofreeze.com or call (508) 459-7447.

Outsource Your Deflashing and Deburring Needs

Since 2002, the Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. has provided cryogenic deflashing and cryogenic deburring services. We provide deflashing and deburring solutions for manufacturers of plastic, rubber and silicone parts. In recent times, we have seen a move away from doing this type of work in-house at manufacturing facilities. As more manufacturers streamline their operations to increase efficiency, it makes sense to outsource deflashing and deburring requirements. This allows companies to make better use of their employees’ time while avoiding downtime and cut fingers.

Outsourcing deflashing and deburring operations is a large step to be taken by any manufacturer. Cost savings can be realized by the manufacturer almost immediately. There will no longer be a need for deflashing or deburring equipment, which upfront can be very expensive to purchase and depreciates quite quickly. In addition, machine operators and people completing hand deburring and deflashing on the job, will no longer be needed. In addition, any raw materials required in the deflashing or deburring operation will no longer be of use. This offers great savings to the manufacturer in the short-term and long-term.

There are many reasons why outsourcing your deflashing and deburring operations to us is the right choice. First, we our standard turnaround is two days after receipt. This ensures that your parts will be processed rather quickly. In addition, we offer same-day and next-day service for 50% and 25% premiums respectively. Second, we are located in the heart of the Northeast. Parts from almost anywhere in New England can get to our location in one day. The same goes for certain areas of New York and northern New Jersey. Most other parts of the Northeast are only 2 days away via UPS, while the rest of the East Coast is about 3 days. Third, we deflash and deburr parts everyday and have for the past 7 years; allowing us to become experts at what we do. Fourth, we offer competitive pricing and given the opportunity we will price match our competitors. We make outsource deflashing and deburring easier and more efficient than doing it in-house.

Our deflashing and deburring services utilize processes named cryogenic deflashing and cryogenic deburring. This process utilizes cryogenic temperatures, tumbling, and plastic media as small as 0.006” to remove flash and burrs from parts. Due to such cold temperatures, the parts’ surface will remain unaffected and will look just like it did before it was processed with the exception that it will be flash and burr free. In addition, our different small sized medias can penetrate and remove flash and burrs in cross-holes, thru-holes and intersecting holes. Our process utilizes batch processing to keep costs per part lower. Lastly, the service offers repeatable results through the use of computer controls.

For more information about our deflashing and deburring services, please visit the corresponding link below.

If you have any questions or comments, please call us at 800-739-7949 or send me an email at rtaylor@nitrofreeze.com. We’d be happy to assist you with your outsource your deflashing or deburring operations.

Cryogenic Deburring Consultation

Cryogenic deburring is one of the mainstays of our business. We take pride in solving our customers’ burr problems with efficient, fast, and affordable solutions. Within the last week, we ran the parts that are pictured at the top of our cryogenic deburring page for a new customer. I have included a photo of the part that was deburred above. We had run these parts previously for another one of our customers. It was a familiar part for us, but there were some variations from the original customer’s part. However, our new customer was very enthused with the results of our cryogenic deburring process.

Below is the email I received from our new customer.


Good Morning Ryan,

I received the parts back yesterday the 1st. of Sept.

They look great. The next time I run these we will change the ball end mill more often to get rid of the heavy burr that you noticed on some of the slots. And also I have a groove tool being made to cut the O.D. grooves in one plunge to prevent the chips from wrapping around the groove. I know you noticed these also. But your process made it much easier to remove those with just an air hose. This entire order has been a learning experience.

It will be a couple of months before these get in the machine again. I will give you a heads up at that time.

But your work has opened my eyes to approaching plastic parts in regards to quoting for the future.

Thanks again for the help,

K.F.


Emails and responses from customers like this one make my day. We have many customers who are pleased with our deburring work. If you are unpleased with the way a company is currently deburring your parts, then give us a call at (800)-739-7949 or email us at info@nitrofreeze.com. We can review your parts and burr issues and give you advice as to how we can solve your problem with a safe, efficient, and affordable solution.

Deburring Nylon & Delrin

Last week, we exhibited at the Eastec 2009 Tradeshow at the Big “E” Fairgrounds in West Springfield, MA. We met many new people who have burr issues with materials ranging from plastics to aerospace alloys. Although many of these people and their companies try to remove burrs while machining; they still find themselves with some sort of burr issue. While a significant portion of these burr issues were with metals; there were two other materials that kept being mentioned. Nylon and Delrin were two materials that had workers seeking a new solution for removing burrs.

Nylon and Delrin were problematic in terms of machining, but also with molding. Many molders had flash issues while molding these two types of materials. While we would all love to use an alternative material and just forget our burr and flash issues; it’s not that simple. Customers’ needs must be met and fulfilled. The bottom line is that they choose the material. Unfortunately, sometimes it’s Nylon or Delrin.

Many of the people we spoke with at the show are using hand deburring and deflashing. They do it because it keeps operations in-house and is relatively cheap. But, they all agree on two things. First, hand deburring lacks consistency across each part that is deburred. Second, although hand deburring is cheap it can be time consuming. It seems that most manufacturers dislike using Nylon and Delrin due to the residual burrs and flash it creates. When this work is done by hand, it is not unusual to see more burrs created.

Do I have a solution for manufacturers with Nylon and Delrin burr and flash issues? Yes, I do. Our company cannot accommodate every single part that comes through the door; due to size and other restrictions. But, we have had a strong track record deburring and deflashing these two materials. There are many advantages to outsourcing deburring and deflashing for materials like Nylon and Delrin. First, burrs and flash will be removed consistently amongst your parts. No gouges or chips in places that render parts unusable. Second, we will run your parts within two days of receipt. Your parts won’t sit in our facility for two weeks before we run them. Third, all those employees doing hand deburring can be re-assigned to other projects. Fourth, with prices per part as low as $0.02 each; how can it not make sense?

For more information about our services, visit the following links.

Cryogenic Deburring
Cryogenic Deflashing
Electromagnetic Micro Deburring

Give us a call today at 508 459-7447 or email us at info@nitrofreeze.com. We would be pleased to review your parts and see if we can solve your burr and flash issues.

Cryogenic Deflashing & Deburring for the Medical Device Industry

Since the turn of the New Year, we have seen an influx of medical customers seeking cryogenic deflashing for molded parts and cryogenic deburring for machined parts. These two services can eliminate those strings, residual fibers, hanging burrs, and excess flash from medical devices prior to final inspection and shipment.

However, many questions arise as to how our process works and if it will adversely affect the medical customers’ parts. Two main concerns of our medical customers are cleanliness and structural deterioration of their parts. I would like to address these concerns as it is important for medical consumers to know their manufacturing processes very well.

Our cryogenic deflashing and deburring process removes excess flash and burrs; that is all that it does. Your surface finish will not be affected. Your parts will look exactly the same as they did when you shipped them, except they will be flash and burr free. One of the beauties of cryogenic deflashing and deburring is that all the small cross-holes and inner part geometries will be clean of flash and burrs thanks to media as small as 0.015”. After the process is complete, a post-tumble usually lasting less than a minute is initiated. This helps remove all the excess media from the parts. We can also clean your parts after the cryogenic deflashing or deburring is complete. We use mild and medium surfactants to remove residual media, flash, and burrs. This process helps remove surface tension from the parts as well.

Now it is important to address the structural deterioration issue. First, cryogenic deburring or deflashing will not cause your parts to fail any earlier. We run our processes above material freeze temperatures or at them. We never go lower than the freeze temperature. Cryogenic deflashing and deburring requires that the flash and burrs be frozen in order to remove them. That is why we have to go down to cold negative temperatures. Some medical customers are misled into believing that liquid nitrogen touches the parts. This is not the case; rather liquid nitrogen is converted into gaseous nitrogen which then cools the chamber were the parts have been inserted. Our deburring and deflashing cycles usually last no more than twenty minutes. Therefore, it is not long enough a time to cause structural deterioration that could shorten the life of medical parts.

For more information about cryogenic deflashing, please look at http://www.nitrofreeze.com/deflashing.html. For information regarding cryogenic deburring navigate to http://www.nitrofreeze.com/deburring.html. If you have any questions about deflashing or deburring for medical parts, please call us at (800)-739-7949 or email us at info@nitrofreeze.com. Call us today to send us your samples.

Cryogenic Deburring

This press release was released over the internet today. However, I wanted to add it to our blog for all of our customers to see.

Nitrofreeze® Cryogenic Deburring Service Expands

Worcester, MA - December 2, 2008 - The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. is pleased to announce expanded capabilities for the removal of machine burrs from complex machined parts. The process, known as Nitrofreeze® cryogenic deburring service, has been adopted by a wide range of customers in diverse industries including medical devices, aerospace, automotive, and process control, among others. Nitrofreeze® cryogenic deburring service is ideal for today’s advanced materials, including most plastics, composites, organics, polymers and advanced synthetics.

“The adoption of these advanced materials by engineers has expanded the market for associated finishing processes and the company’s Nitrofreeze® cryogenic deburring service has filled this niche”, according to Robin Rhodes, President of the Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. The company first offered its cryogenic deburring process in 2003 and it has since become one of its fastest growing product lines.

Many of the parts that benefit from this unique form of burr removal have intricate shapes that are cut or milled on sophisticated CNC machines. They contain critical dimensions and have strict requirements for a blemish free surface finish. The Nitrofreeze® cryogenic deburring process is able to protect the surface finish and critical dimensions of the parts during burr removal because the parts are processed in a cryogenically frozen condition. This not only protects the part, it also promotes the clean removal of the undesired machine burrs when precisely attacked by the systems cryogenic-grade polycarbonate blasting media.

“One of our biggest challenges is that many potential customers in need of machine burr removal solutions, including machinists, manufacturing engineers and quality managers, have not heard of Nitrofreeze® cryogenic deburring,” according to Ryan Taylor, Product Marketing Specialist at Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. “This is despite the fact that our cryogenic deburring offers many advantages, including consistent cleaning, repeatable results, and our ability to remove burrs in recessed and blind holes as small as 0.015 inches”, he added.

The company processes parts for customers on a job-shop or service basis. Typical batch sizes range from dozens of individual components to tens and even hundreds of thousand per week. Typical turnaround time is within a few days of receipt and fast turn service for prototype of other rush parts can be accommodated for a small premium charge. The process is environmentally-friendly, clean, fast and cost effective – especially when compared to other alternative deburring processes.

More information is available at the company’s web page http://www.nitrofreeze.com/deburring.html.

The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc., located at 90 Ellsworth St. Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, (508) 459 7447, is dedicated to the commercial application of cryogenic technologies to serve the needs of industry, government and scientists. The firm offers a full range of Nitrofreeze® cryogenic services, including cryogenic burr removal service, cryogenic deflashing services, conventional cryogenic treatment, heat & freeze thermal cycling, shrink fitting services, and dry ice (CO2) blast cleaning. It also offers engineering services, cryogenic lab work in support of R & D, and custom equipment design for new and unique cryogenic applications. It is a corporate sustaining member of the Cryogenic Society of America and ASM-The Material Society.

Adding Better Metal Deburring & Surface Polishing Capabilities

Over time, we have realized that metal deburring is part of our business. Some metal products however do not get their burrs removed through our cryogenic deburring process. In the past few months, we have been researching an affordable machine capable of better serving our customers with metal and steel products for deburring.

One machine in particular that may fit our needs uses an electromagnetic current to excite a stainless steel media that removes burrs from both ferrous and non-ferrous metal. We are currently working with the machine manufacturer to have samples run by them. After we are assured that the machine is a good fit for us, we may be purchasing one in either September or October.

In the past year, we have realized the need for metal surface polishing as well. The beauty of this electromagnetic deburring machine is that it can be used for surface polishing as well. So, if the machine works for us, we will be able to deburr small metal parts. We will also be able to leave a clean finish for our customers' parts.

If you would like samples run by us, give us a call today at 800-739-7949. Our team would be more than happy to assist you with any of your deburring or surface polishing needs.