Deburring tasks solved with knowledge

The trial task

360 mm edge contour, part made of standard steel, edge preparation for coating, no shattering marks allowed and: limited cycle time! I love to shoot these issues...

So what to do first?

It all starts with the understanding of the material to be worked on. It will define the ccarbide burr design, its diameter and the corresponding rotational speed and power. The rotational speed and carbide burr design gives the correct track speed. Next step is to think about payload of the robot and the necessary compliance load. This limits oftenly your options and needs what I call experienced creativity to find a good solution. From there you assess the part design to determine the best way how to handle the process and also where to have the setting points for the robot path.

There is much more to do before you can really start your automated process, but once the basic steps are wrong you already lost your budget. Most integrators are experts in software, safety, risk assessment - but deburring?

Is that all?

No, definitely not. Before starting to deburr with the robot there are several further steps necessary to programme the tool path correctly. This is where I see my value. Opposite to most system integrators my personal path started at the material and the manual deburring work. Knowing the tools of most manufacturers my goal is to give value, not selling nonsense. If the tools I am selling can't do the task I will admitt it - and this is why many customers come back. If you want to know how to deburr 90° inner edges without rounding the corner or speed loss you maybe want to learn more about my valuable advice I may share. My personal programme is called: Knowledge against order. Feel free to contact me with your next project.

Above is what I understand as a fair surface quality: NO shattering marks, even deburring, no secondary burrs create both in perfection: process result and cycle time within given limits. All gained by an carefully adapted powerful deflection force, a stable high rotational speed of the correctly selected carbide burr and the smooth robot move, determined by a minimum of setting points.

When qualification, quality tools and open minded cooperation meets it is easy to work with "only" 300W at a track speed of 120 mm/s, with 4 setting points only:

Remember: Service & Knowledge, not power is decisive. You want to share my knowledge? Let me know.