Optimization of Current Anodizing Line in Small Contract Manufacturing Company

Abstract

Titanium Color Anodizing is a process that consists in creating an oxide layer in the titanium surface to change the color of titanium components. As a highly used process in the medical implant industry, a small contract manufacturing company developed the process in house. With the desire of incorporating anodizing as an independent service from the manufacturing service, this project developed a new fixture that reduces by 85% the processing time for the anodizing process in parts anodized using low voltages, which take to about half the titanium anodizing spectrum. Key Terms ⎯ Titanium Anodizing, Manufacturing Line, Surface Finishing.