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News Release from: Deburring Centre | Subject: Thermal deburring for precision parts
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 March 2007
Thermal deburring solves precision part
problem
Considered to be almost impossible to deburr manually, a precision automotive component with two small holes drilled into a recess is being thermally deburred successfully.
Considered to be almost impossible to deburr manually, a precision automotive component with two small holes drilled into a recess is being thermally deburred successfully Deburring Centre, the thermal deburring specialists have just started the contract to thermally deburr 20,000 components a week for Deans Engineering, the Livingstone, Scotland-based precision engineering company
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 1 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Thermal deburring is consistent, reliable
The thermal deburring process is non selective - 100% of potential loose burrs are removed and computerised controlled conditions mean that every process is consistent.
"It's a precision machined part for the auto-motive industry with two small holes drilled into a recess.
Almost impossible to manually deburr," said Paddy House, managing director of Deburring Centre based in Poole, UK.
"And even if it could be done manually the time taken over each one would soon add up to a nightmare." Thermal deburring was chosen for a number of reasons.
Where the process uses a gas, this can quickly and easily cover every burr, regardless of how awkward it is to get to.
Being non selective, every burr is removed, guaranteed.
The components can be bulk loaded for each 'firing' which vastly reduces the time and cost per component.
The firing, being computer controlled, creates the exact same conditions across components, batches and is consistent week in week out.
"What more could you ever ask of a deburring operation," stated Jim Jamieson, managing director at Deans, a leading sub-contract component manufacturer.
"We utilise over 150 CNC and multi spindle machines producing high volume complicated parts.
Deburring is a constant problem.
Without the support and expertise of Deburring Centre we would not be able to supply the parts in volume to such a high standard.".
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