Description
Process of tumbling, employing water and other agents inside a wet tumbling barrel to clean and remove burrs from metal parts and stones in order to smoothen them.
Alternative labels
damp tumbling
saturated tumbling
liquid deburring and polishing processes
moist deburring and polishing processes
saturated deburring and polishing processes
liquid tumbling
moist tumbling
damp deburring and polishing processes
Skill type
knowledge
Skill reusability level
cross-sector
Relationships with occupations
Essential knowledge
Wet tumbling is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:
Optional knowledge
Wet tumbling is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Tumbling machine operator: Tumbling machine operators set up and operate tumbling machines, often wet or drie tumbling barrels, designed to remove excess material and burrs of heavy metal workpieces and precious metals and to improve surface appearance, by rotating the metal pieces in a barrel together with grit and potentially water, allowing for the friction between the pieces mutually and with the grit to cause a rounding, smooth effect.
Precious stone cutter: Precious stone cutters use cutting machines and tools to cut or carve diamonds and other gemstones according to diagrams and patterns while considering different specifications. They are experts at fabricating jewellery such as rings, brooches, chains and bracelets from gemstones.
References
- Wet tumbling – ESCO
