Skiving and Roller Burnishing Process

High-Speed Finishing for High-Production Manufacturing

The skiving and roller burnishing process uses a unique combined skiving and roller burnishing tool that performs both skiving and roller burnishing in one pass through the bore.

The front section of the tool contains carbide cutters that remove material (skiving process). The second section of the tool contains hardened rollers that deform the peaks created by skiving and create an extremely smooth surface finish (roller burnishing process). The combination of these two processes creates a very fine surface finish with a typical RA of 0.05-0.20 µm.

Skiving + Roller Burnishing Is Typically Used To:

• Improve surface finish—as fine as .10 – .15 microns (4 to 6 micro-inches) RA on average
• Improve size control—tolerances within 0.0254 mm (.001 inch) on average
• Increase surface hardness
• Improve fatigue life

Typical Skiving + Roller Burnishing Applications Include:

• Agriculture
• Heavy-duty construction
• Mining

Everything You Need. When You Need it.

We know there’s more to machining than the machine. Sunnen is proud to be a total solution provider of machinery and accessories that seamlessly work together.

Beyond machinery, Sunnen provides:

• Tooling
• Rollers + Cutters
• Accessories
• Filtration
• Cutting Fluids

We’re On Your Team

We stand by our work and support our customers. Sunnen is the only company in our industry to offer a standard three-year warranty on every machine we make. We also offer machine installation, service and preventative maintenance to keep your operations running smoothly and address any emerging manufacturing challenges.