Flat Lapping

Flat lap is a highly efficient surface finishing process using horizontal revolving plates. Flat lap produces less heat and stress on parts than other finishing applications. Because of this, parts that are thin or sensitive to heat and/or stress will respond to flat lap better than other processes. Flat lap provides flatness, parallelism, and thickness of parts to customer specifications. It also provides a smooth surface finish. Tolerances typically held for flatness are .000020 (2 light bands) and parallel within .0001. Flat lap is ideal for many different types of materials.