TDF Metal Finishing provides sandblasting, silk screening, laser part marking and masking services from Danvers, Massachusetts.
These capabilities complement our plating, anodizing and surface treatment services, helping customers address preparation, identification and selective finishing requirements. Our team can review your drawings and processing instructions to confirm the services appropriate for your components.
Supporting Your Complete Component Requirements
A component drawing can specify more than its final coating. It may also include surface preparation, identification markings or areas that must remain untreated.
Sharing these requirements at the enquiry stage allows our team to review the full scope of work. Include the component material, required finish, marking details and any masking instructions, together with the applicable specifications and acceptance criteria.
Our Additional Finishing Capabilities
Sandblasting
TDF offers sandblasting as part of our metal finishing capabilities.
When requesting this service, please describe the component's current surface condition and the result required. Include any specified surface finish, areas to be treated and restrictions affecting critical features.
If sandblasting is required before another finishing process, provide the complete processing requirements so our team can review the work together.
Silk Screening
Our silk screening capability supports components that require printed markings for their finished appearance or identification.
Please provide the artwork or marking details, including the required text, symbols, dimensions, colors and positioning. Identify the surface to be marked and any coating or treatment that will be applied before or after printing.
Where your drawing specifies particular appearance or durability requirements, include these for our team to review.
Laser Part Marking
TDF offers laser part marking for components requiring identification.
If your drawing calls for part numbers, serial numbers, text or other markings, share the exact content and layout with your enquiry. Our team can review the marking requirements against the component material, surface finish and available marking area.
Please include:
• The information to be marked.
• Marking location and orientation.
• Character size or artwork dimensions.
• Any variable information, such as serial numbers.
• Applicable marking specifications and acceptance criteria.
If marking needs to take place at a particular stage of production, identify this in your processing instructions.
Masking
TDF offers masking when selected areas of a component must remain untreated during finishing.
Clear masking instructions are particularly important when a component includes surfaces with different processing requirements. Mark the boundaries on your drawing and identify any critical features, tolerances or areas requiring protection.
Our team can review the masking requirements alongside the selected plating, anodizing or surface treatment process and confirm the available approach.
Coordinating Finishing and Identification
If your components require several processes, provide the complete drawing and processing sequence with your enquiry.
For example, a project may include a specified surface treatment alongside masking and final identification markings. Reviewing these requirements together helps establish which services are needed and when each operation should take place.
TDF's wider capabilities include:
• Conventional, dyed and hard anodizing.
• Metal plating.
• Passivation, cleaning and etching.
• Chemical films and conversion treatments
Drawings, Artwork and Acceptance Requirements
Accurate drawings and marking instructions help us understand how your finished components should look and which areas require treatment.
Please ensure supplied drawings and artwork reflect the required revision. Where relevant, include approved layouts, visual references and instructions for checking variable information.
If your project includes customer-specific requirements, provide these alongside the component drawing so our team can consider them when reviewing the work.
Frequently Asked Questions
What additional finishing services does TDF offer?
TDF offers sandblasting, silk screening, laser part marking and masking. These services complement our wider plating, anodizing and surface treatment capabilities. Contact our team to discuss the processes required for your components.
Can you add identification markings to components?
TDF offers laser part marking and silk screening. Please provide the required marking content, size, position and any applicable specifications. Our team can review the component material and finish to confirm the available options.
What information is needed for silk screening?
Please provide the artwork or marking details, required colors, dimensions and positioning. Include the component material, surface finish and any appearance or durability requirements so our team can assess the work.
Can you review serial numbering or variable marking requirements?
Yes. Share the required information, numbering sequence, layout and any verification instructions with your enquiry. Our team can review these details and confirm whether we can accommodate the requested marking format.
Can areas of a component be protected during finishing?
TDF offers masking where specified areas need to remain untreated. Clearly identify these areas and their boundaries on your drawing, including any associated tolerances. Suitability will be reviewed against the material and finishing process.
Can these services be combined with plating or anodizing?
Our additional finishing capabilities can be considered alongside your plating, anodizing or other surface treatment requirements. Provide the complete processing sequence so our team can review compatibility and confirm the work we can undertake.
Discuss Your Finishing and Part Identification Requirements
Contact TDF Metal Finishing to discuss sandblasting, silk screening, laser part marking or masking for your components.
Send your drawings, artwork, quantities and requested delivery date to tdfinfo@tdfmetalfinishing.com, or call (978) 223-4292 to speak with our team.