Weld removal
Weld removal are very common applications in components for industries like food processing and medical.
In this case study, a stainless steel metal component is processed by following a standard Suhner process recipe.
End effectors: angler grinder and straight grinder
Accessories: automatic abrasive disc changer
Process recipe: Stainless steel – weld removal – step 4 to 8
Programming software: Defloi Surf-X
Abrasives: Ceramic grain
Polishing
Stainless steel polishing is a key operation to obtain high finish surfaces and low roughness values.
In this case study is presented a solution for small batcha productions with a KUKA robot.
End effectors: Orbital sander and straight grinder
Accessories: automatic abrasive disc changer
Process recipe: Stainless steel - Mirror Finish – 9 to 11
Programming software: Defloi Surf-X
Abrasives: Trizac – Cotton wheels
Automatic abrasive disc changer
Automatically changing abrasive is key to automate your abrasive or sanding process.
The Automatic Abrasive disc changer ESW is able to change easily hook&loop disc. Any orbital sander can be used in combination with this automatic abrasive disc changer.
Automatic abrasive disc changer with vacuum holes
If your application requires abrasive disc with indexed vacuum holes (usually 7 holes in a specific position), the ESW 150 is what you need: it is able to align correctly holes in the paper with holes in the backing pad.
Any orbital sander can be used in combination with this automatic abrasive disc changer.
Robot programming - Offline
Programming the robot is a key step to transform from manual to robotic grinding. We strive with our partners to make the programming as simple and quick as possible to incentive the usage of robot for small production lots.
You do not want own the software and to program the robot? No problem, we can do it for you, remotely for every new component.
Programming software: Defloi Surf-X
Roobot programming for material removal
Teaching the robot what to do, is a key step to maximize the production time and your ROI, especially to produce small batches. This is why in our value proposition; we consider online programming and offline programming software important as much as end effectors.
Programming software: Defloi Surf-X
Automatic abrasive belts changer
Belts grinders are very flexible tools that can be used for weld removal, deburring, grinding and optical surface finishes.
Suhner Belt Magazine in combination with Suhner Belt Sander end effector, enables a fully automated process.
End effectors: belt sander
Accessories: automatic belt magazine