Surface Roughness Table - Shows the roughness average for different manufacturing processes in micrometers and microinches.
The values are shown with a typical range and a less frequent range for each manufacturing process. Average Range Less Frequent Range
Manufacturing Process
Roughness Average
Top Number - Micrometers Bottom Number - (Microinches)
50 25 12.5 6.3 3.2 1.6 0.80 0.40 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.012 (2000) (1000) (500) (250) (125) (63) (32) (16) (8) (4) (2) (1) (.5)
Flame Cutting Snagging Sawing Planing, Shaping Drilling Chemical Milling Elect Discharge Machining Milling Broaching Reaming Electron Beam Laser Electro-Chemical Boring, Turning Barrel Finishing 50 25 12.5 6.3 3.2 1.6 0.80 0.40 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.012 (2000) (1000) (500) (250) (125) (63) (32) (16) (8) (4) (2) (1) (.5) Electrolytic Grinding Roller Burnishing Grinding Honing Electro-Polish Polishing
Lapping Super Finishing Sand Casting Hot Rolling Forging Permanent Mold Casting Investment Casting Extruding Cold Rolling, Drawing Die Casting 50 25 12.5 6.3 3.2 1.6 0.80 0.40 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.012 (2000) (1000) (500) (250) (125) (63) (32) (16) (8) (4) (2) (1) (.5)