sPINner Stories: Gear Deburring Made Simple

Here is an example of an 6061-T6 aluminum gear application that is being deburred with the sPINner. The part is run for 10 minutes and as you can see the burrs on the teeth are cleanly removed.

CNC Aggregates used for Insertion & Glueing of Dowels In Light Weight Panels

For many applications, new, light weight panel technology is being used considered because it provides both high stability and light weight for ease of handling. However, the insertion and glueing of dowels can be a tedious and time consuming process.

We've solved this with automatic insertion and gluing of dowels or other fasteners with our ATEMAG CNC router Aggregate head.

The new ATEMAG system can be used for panel thicknesses of 18 mm through 50 mm, and for different dowel lengths. Fasteners are inserted evenly with the surface and glued in with accurately dispensed amounts of glue.

The insertion process is very accurate, and the panel surface is not damaged in any way. Most importantly, there are no visible pressure marks left on the surface.

The hole does not have to be dust free, because the dowel or fastener will not touch the bottom.

Generally, any CNC machine with c-axis and compressed air connection can be used with the new ATEMAG high performance aggregates. Contact TechniksUSA with questions or to get a quote on how we can retrofit your machine with one of our units. Here's a look at how the unit works.

sPINner stories: Cross Hole burrs

A manufacturer of small 7075-T6 aluminum valve bodies acquired a sPINner to help deburr difficult  cross-hole burrs. The pictures below detail the results.

sPINner stories: Brass Electrical Connectors

A manufacturer of electrical connector parts acquired a sPINner to deburr the ID areas of the parts. These parts are all brass. The pictures details how the media is able to remove the ID burrs on these parts. The parts are run for 20 minutes with 1.2mm media in the sPINner to remove the ID burrs.

sPINNer Stories: Bone Screw Deburring

A manufacturer of titanium bone drills and screws bought a sPINner to assist in the deburring of these precision parts. It was critical that no material be transferred to the part during processing. Also, the parts could not collide with each other during processing because any collision would damage the flutes of the drill.

The sPINner met this customer’s requirements. The sPINner uses a stainless steel pins (SUS-304). No material is transferred to the part during processing. Also, since all parts move in the sPINner at the same speed and direction, the parts do not damage each other from collisions.

sPINner Stories: Credit Card Scanner parts

A manufacturer of credit card scanner parts makes small, intricate stampings out of 304 stainless steel. The stamping process left burrs on the bottom of the part. Due to the thickness of the part, about .015”, traditional methods such as tumbling often damaged the part by bending them.

The customer employed 20 full time workers to hand deburr each part. The results were inconsistencies, missed areas and very slow cycle times. At the right is a picture of the part. As you can see, because of the delicateness of this component part, manual deburring would be extremely difficult for even the nimblest of fingers.

During our testing of these parts, the entire production run of these parts was place a container and run through the sPINner for 2 minutes. 

The sPINner does not damage even the most delicate parts, so no parts were lost due to bending. Also, the cycle time of 2 minutes for the entire lot was drastically less that the many days it took with manual methods. Lastly, all the parts were fully deburred as the sPINner does not miss areas. All areas of the part are affected equally. This customer has purchased two sPINners to meet a growing production demand.

Challengers Award WINNER!

The purpose of the Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award® is to encourage and promote the development of innovative new technology in the field of woodworking machinery, supplies, and services for the furniture, kitchen cabinets, architectural woodwork, store fixture, upholstery, or specialty and general wood product industries.

TechniksUSA is very proud to be selected as a 2012 Challengers Award Finalist for our ATEMAG Extra Plus Aggregate Head. This head  features an oscillating cutting action that reduces the time it takes to cut a mortised lock pocket from 51 seconds to just 11 seconds. It eliminate door production bottlenecks and improves manufacturing quality with the amazing lock recess aggregate.

You can see it for yourself new aggregate router heads at IWF Booth 5239 August 22-25, 2012.

While you're there, don't forget to ask about our FREE COLLET SET with any aggregate head purchase. This is over a $400 value.

And remember to follow the @IWFAtlanta hashtag #IWFatlanta

On August 22, 2012 we where very honored to be named the Challengers Award WINNER for 2012 at The International Woodworking & Furniture Supply Fair, "IWF Atlanta 2012"

2012 IWF Challengers Award Winner: ATEMAG EXTRA Plus Aggregate Head