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Polishing, buffing and surface texturing
News Release from: Rosler Oberflaechentechnik | Subject: Single-batch centrifugal disc finishing machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 November 2006
Centrifugal disc finishing for batches
automated
Automated single-batch centrifugal disc finishing machines offer high flexibility, maximum usage and minimum space requirements.
When company developers and design engineers are asked to develop a new manufacturing process with the necessary production devices, the following prerequisites must always be met, as follows * High degree of automation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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* High flexibility.
* Maximum degree of use.
* Minimum space requirements.
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These requirements were our goals when developing the new, fully automated single-batch centrifugal disc finishing machines, the FKS 06 and 15.1 E-A.
Almost 90% of vibratory finishing processes mix parts and media to obtain an optimum surface finish.
When the required process result has been achieved, the mixture must be separated reliably and quickly.
However, this requires that all work pieces be safely unloaded from the work bowl - in this machine type, this process takes place in the automated operating mode of the system, without manual intervention, by the work bowl tilting to an angle of 140 deg.
To prevent small, light parts from sticking to the work bowl, spray nozzles can be installed at the container rim.
The processing time of centrifugal disc finishing machines is generally very short due to their very high grinding performance (up to 30 times higher than vibratory finishing systems).
That is why separating of the basic functions of processing and separation, as already realized in the FKS double-batch systems, is especially significant.
Imbalance devices aligned at the sides of the separation unit, optionally equipped with continuous speed control devices, ensure the correct motion of parts and media on the screen deck.
After the separation process has been completed, the media located in a collecting container below the screening machine are needed again in the work container for processing the next batch.
The separating unit, driven by a double-gear motor, tilts upward to 100 deg in order to load the media back into the work bowl.
The additional equipment, a familiar part of the successful and proven Rosler double-batch systems, includes continuous undersize media screening, PLC control panel, automatic water-level adjustment, as well as Randouml;sler loading and drying systems, which now make it possible to process smaller parts quantities cost-effectively with consistently high processing quality.
At the moment two versions of this system, the FKS 06.1 E-A and FKS 15.1 E-A, are available.
* About Rosler (Roesler) - as an all-round supplier, Rosler is an international market leader in the production of surface finishing, shot blasting machines, painting systems and preservation lines as well as process technology for the rational surface finishing (deburring, descaling, sand removal, polishing, grinding, etc) of metals and other components.
Besides the German plants in Untermerzbach and Bad Staffelstein, the Randouml;sler Group has branches in Great Britain, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, China, Brazil, South Africa and USA.
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