Innovative Robotic Solution: Fully Automatic Vibratory Finishing

Author:  Rösler Oberflächentechnik GmbH
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 28, Issue 3, Summer 2014
Doc ID:  2014030
Year of Publication:  2014
Abstract:  
One of our customers has been using vibratory finishing for the deburring and polishing of delicate precision aluminum components for many years. However, until now the components had to be protected against nicking during the finishing process requiring time-consuming and expensive manual labor. This challenge was solved by the installation of an innovative, fully automatic cleaning, deburring and polishing system which allows the finishing of around 30 different work pieces without the parts ever touching each other during the process. For this challenging application Rösler not only developed the material handling concept but, with the High-Frequency-Finishing (HFF) system, also a completely new vibratory finishing method.