Tools for surface finishing.

Surface finishing procedures and tools.

Deburring and edge rounding tools, depending on the process, will run across the sheet metal surface. This will create a texture that may be desirable or undesirable - depending on application. Paint adhesion requires a rougher surface but for optical reasons often a finer finish is demanded. In many cases, however, the user is already satisfied with the results that deburring and edge rounding tools deliver for an appealing surface texture. In order to give the sheet metal a defined finish, we use surface finishing units. 

The surface conditioning possibilities of a deburring machine are limited. The units in deburring machines are not suitable for a targeted normalized finish that we know from steel service centers. Nevertheless, the sheet metal surface can be improved by an additional wide belt unit and its non-woven abrasives after deburring and edge rounding. Here, various non-woven abrasives are available. The choice of “grit” sets the roughness or texture of the surface. Thus in common applications that are used in sheet metal processing, they achieve the desired surfaces for further processing. The surface finishing units and procedures presented here are specifically meant for that.

Surface treatment procedures at a glance:

• Wide belt unit
• Non-woven roller