Ball burnishing is also used as a deburring operation.
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Ball burnishing, or ballizing, is a replacement for other bore finishing operations such as grinding, honing, or polishing.
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There are several forms of burnishing processes, the most common are roller burnishing and ball burnishing ( a subset of which is also referred to as ballizing ).
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Ball burnishing tools of another type are sometimes used in CNC milling centres to follow a ball-nosed milling operation : the hardened ball is applied along a zig-zag toolpath in a holder similar to a ball-point pen, except that the'ink'is pressurised, recycled lubricant.