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Deburring, de-flashing and fettling
News Release from: Deburring Centre | Subject: Thermal deburring
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 July 2007
Control deburring, reduce machining
costs 30%
Automated deburring processes increase quality, tighten tolerances and eliminate damage and substantially reduce costs - by as much as up to 30%.
A conclusion by a US Consortium on Deburring and Edge Finishing, CODEF, suggested that controlling burrs may account for 30% of machining costs Whatever milling, cutting, drilling or shaping operation is performed, burrs are the natural result
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 1 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Machine tool users concern with deburring grows
In spite of the widespread use of CNC machine tools, some users are not machining out loose burrs, at best they are being made smaller, but customers expect zero burrs.
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.
Modern machines just produce smaller burrs, quicker.
And while most external burrs are removed in cycle or in subsequent finishing operations, internal burrs can escalate the time, and therefore costs, on any component's manufacture.
Hand deburring has been the 'status quo' for a long time.
Today when CNC machine tool salesmen talk about computer control, speed and quality they fail to admit that the components - produced to tight tolerances - will be deburred manually.
Manual deburring means variable quality, tolerances and damage levels.
Add to that the cost of rework, rejection, close inspection and failure and one can appreciate that CODEF's suggestion can't be far wrong.
Automated deburring processes increase quality, tighten tolerances and eliminate damage and substantially reduce costs.
This fact is especially true when the reduced rework, rejection and failure savings are ammortised.
Thermal deburring, offered by the Deburring Centre, has been shown to be one of the most cost effective ways of internal burr removal.
It guarantees the 100% removal of all potentially loose burrs.
That is why the hydraulic, medical and electronic sectors often specify it.
They have all wanted to eliminate component failure due to inadequate burr removal.
Burrs by their very nature and amazingly sharp - razor sharp and damaging.
Seal failure and breathing in burrs via resuscitation units are only two avoidable scenarios.
Being able to guarantee 'burr free' is something any salesman would welcome.
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