Deburring/Radiussing Coated and Clad Materials

Machines that can work well with finished materials has created new challenges for an industry that is under pressure to produce more, faster and with higher tolerances. Here you will find some of the best deburring and radiussing machines, that are ideal for working with coated and clad materials. These have been specially developed to deburr without removing the galvanised, plastic or painted coating which in some cases may only be microns thick.

With many older machines, that are used to produce components in large batch production, it is only when the pieces are assembled after finishing that inconsistencies become visible. This can be down to different operators working on the pieces and the different types of finishing processes involved. In the past, this was often accepted as some sort of "trade-off", where faster cutting times sometimes produced lower quality edges.

Times have changed and if you are still using old machines, you are seriously going to fall behind the competition. The development of this new range of machinery has been driven by all the pressures of industry globalization, the current economic conditions, the ever increasing demand for quality and the new safety and environmental regulations.

So, if you having any doubts about the costs of upgrading, think about the real cost to your business if you do not. Get in contact with us today and let us help you with our best advice.

Don't guess, ask us; we've done it before!


Basic 11 & 12 Series

Entry Level 1XXX Series

Entry Level 1XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Basic 11 & 12 Series

Standard Specification

  • Single belt head machines
  • Light duty, intermittent operation
  • For jobbing shops or work cells
  • 225 and 600mm working widths, dry
  • 225mm working width wet
  • Variable throughfeed speed
  • Powered table set, digital readout and load meter on 600mm
  • Scratch grain finishes with abrasive belt
  • Satin grain finish with nylon web belts
  • 127mm (on 225mm) and 205mm (on 600mm) minimum component length
  • Dryer and filter on wet machines
Optional (on 225mm machines)
  • Magnetic table
  • Different hardness contact rollers
Optional (on 600mm machines)
  • Second abrasive belt head

Industrial 22 Series

Industrial 2XXX Series, Dry

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Industrial 22 SeriesStandard Configuration 

  • For deburring punched, nibbled, sheared or laser-cut sheet metal parts.
  • For calibrating or keying carbon, rubber, wood or other soft materials.
  • For grain finishing any material.
  • Centralised operator control panel.
  • 900, 1100mm, 1350mm working widths
  • Wide belt head with fine adjustments of contact roll, 150mm.
  • Two speed main motor
  • Conveyor bed on 4 heavy duty precision spindles, each 2 tons capacity.
  • Ridged, precision made, rubber coated, workpiece hold down rolls.
  • Motorised, single point thickness setting.
  • Electronic digital thickness read-out.
  • Frequency controlled feed motor with conveyor reverse for set-up.
  • Dust extraction funnel(s).
  • Enclosed heads and motors for minimising noise levels.
  • Hour counter
Optional
  • Brush head with fine adjustment (Brush 200mm) and brush oscillation.
  • Steel wire, Stainless wire, Nylon web, Slashed abrasive brushes
  • Extended opening to 300mm
Configurations (not all variations are available in all widths)
  • Belt only
  • Belt + belt
  • Belt + brush
  • Brush + belt
  • Belt + belt + brush
  • Belt + belt + brush (slaggrinding specification)
  • Belt + brush + brush

Industrial 20 & 21 Series

2XXX Bespoke Configuration, Dry/Wet Working

Industrial 2XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Bespoke Configurations

  • For deburring punched, nibbled, sheared or laser-cut sheet metal parts.
  • For calibrating or keying carbon, rubber, wood or other soft materials.
  • For grain finishing any material.
  • Centralised operator control panel.
  • 600, 900, 1100, 1350mm working widths
  • Wide belt head with fine adjustments of contact roll, 180mm.
  • Conveyor bed on 4 heavy duty precision spindles, each 2 tons capacity.
  • Ridged, precision made, rubber coated, workpiece hold down rolls.
  • Motorised, single point thickness setting.
  • Electronic digital thickness read-out.
  • Frequency controlled feed motor with conveyor reverse for set-up.
Optional
  • Orbital action abrasive pads
  • Brush head with fine adjustment (Brush 200mm) with fast brush oscillation:
    • Steel wire brush (60 strokes/min.)
    • Nylon web brush (60 or 120 strokes/min)
    • Quick exchange brush slide complete with shaft and bearings.
  • Two speed or Variable speed grinding motors.
  • Fixed/floating conveyor table
  • Constant pass line.
  • Component cleaning brush.
  • Reverse feed cycles with retractable heads.
  • Stand-alone (in lieu of standard) parts dryer for wet-working machinery.
  • Extended opening to 250mm.
  • Vacuum table.
Dry working machines include:
  • Dust extraction funnel(s)
  • Motors enclosed within machine frame
Wet working machines include:
  • Automatic coolant filtration system.
  • Integral parts dryer (minimum component length 80mm).
  • 3 sets of squeeze rolls.
  • 2 sets of air knives.
  • Noise insulated blower.
  • Non-stainless machine components treated with rust preventative coatings.
  • Quick exchange spray nozzle pipes for ease of maintenance.
  • Centralised lubrication for high speed bearings.
  • Each brush head includes a stainless steel wire brush, optionally, nylon web.

Grindingmaster 31 Series

Medium Duty 3XXX Series, Intensive Use, Wet Working

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Grindingmaster 31 Series - For Multiple ShiftsGrindingmaster 31 Series – Ideal for multiple shifts
  • 600mm & 900mm operating widths
  • Main motor brakes
  • Stainless Steel construction for:
  • Wet operation with:
    • Built-in filtration plant
    • Built-in air knife dryer
  • Constant Pass line
  • Electronic Abrasive belt tracking
  • Variable throughfeed speed (4.5-14m/min)
  • Conveyor belt tracking
  • Colour graphic control interface (HMI)
  • Automatic lubrication to high speed bearings
  • Digital thickness readout and
  • Powered table set
Optional on 900mm
  • Built-in Brush head with
    • Brush Oscillation

Intensive Use 41 & 42 Series – Precision

4XXX For Precision Accurate Finishing

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Precision ExamplesIntensive Use 41 & 42 Series for 24 hour / 7 day operation
  • For deburring punched, nibbled, routered, laser-cut or sheared, sheet metal parts (with or without cladding removal).
  • For calibrating or keying aluminium castings and other soft materials.
  • For cleaning and grain finishing any material.
  • For plasma and slag removal
  • Available in 600, 900, 1100 and 1350mm working widths
  • 1 to 5 Abrasive Belt, Brush and/or Disc heads.
  • Wet or dry

Additional Specification for Precision Applications:

  • Specific Surface Finish Generation, grained, brushed, sueded, smoothed.
  • Accurate thickness Calibration
  • Contact rollers / Brushes / Nylon Web discs / Orbital action abrasive pads / Platen heads as required.
  • Hydraulically driven throughfeed conveyor
  • Multiple, hard, compact, high speed rollers for stock removal
  • 1 or 2 Large diameter brushes for edge deburring

Intensive Use 41 & 42 Series – Delicate

4XXX For Delicate - Clad Aluminium / Lamination Deburring

Intensive Use 4XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Delicate ExamplesIntensive Use 41 & 42 Series for 24 hour / 7 day operation
  • For deburring punched, nibbled, routered, laser-cut or sheared, sheet metal parts (with or without cladding removal).
  • For calibrating or keying aluminium castings and other soft materials.
  • For cleaning and grain finishing any material.
  • For plasma and slag removal
  • Available in 600, 900, 1100 and 1350mm working widths
  • 1 to 5 Abrasive Belt, Brush and/or Disc heads.
  • Wet or dry
Additional Specification for Delicate Applications:
  • Aerospace Alclad deburring, without removing the cladding.
  • Electromotive Punched, Lacquered Steel deburring, bottom working, without removing the coating.
  • Fine Blanked component deburring without grinding.
  • Patented, inagressive abrasive belt heads for removing excess vertical, punch or router burr with
  • Abrasive belt air cushioning.
  • Ajustable low contact pressure, low running speed (&/or)
  • Special purpose nylon web brushes for quick radiusing (&/or)
  • High speed rotating nylon web discs for controlled radiusing
  • Very high throughfeed speeds for punched laminations (30-45m/min)
  • And (as applicable)
    • Vacuum table for small parts
    • Wet working operation with built in filter and dryer
    • Bottom working

Intensive Use 41 & 42 Series – Heavy

4XXX For Heavy - Drill, Laser, Plasma, And Slag Burr Removal

Intensive Use 4XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Slag ExamplesIntensive Use 41 & 42 Series for 24 hour / 7 day operation
  • For deburring punched, nibbled, routered, laser-cut or sheared, sheet metal parts (with or without cladding removal).
  • For calibrating or keying aluminium castings and other soft materials.
  • For cleaning and grain finishing any material.
  • For plasma and slag removal
  • Available in 600, 900, 1100 and 1350mm working widths
  • 1 to 5 Abrasive Belt, Brush, Disc or Orbital brush heads.
  • Wet or dry
Additional Specification for Heavy Applications:
  • (Drill Burr, Oxy-, Plasma and Laser Slag Removal)
    • Pneumatic floating bed for distorted work
    • Hard, compact, high speed #1 head for slag removal
    • Flexible, sensitive, diamond pattern #2 head for contour following
    • 1 or 2 Large diameter brushes for edge dulling and derusting
    • Rotating orbital slashed abrasve brushes for generating radiusses
  • (Oxide Removal)
    • Hard, compact, high speed #1 head for skin removal (&/or)
    • Medium, grooved, #2 head for standard grain finish (&/or)
    • Soft #3 head for fine finishes (&/or)
    • 1 or 2 Large diameter brushes for soft brushed finishes

Intensive Use 41 & 42 Series – General

4XXX General - Specifications Common to All

Intensive Use 4XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Intensive Use 41 & 42 Series for 24 hour / 7 day operationIntensive Use 41 & 42 Series for 24 hour / 7 day operation
  • For deburring punched, blanked, nibbled, routered, laser-cut or sheared sheet metal parts (with or without cladding removal)
  • For calibrating or keying aluminium castings and other soft materials.
  • For cleaning and grain finishing any material.
  • For plasma and slag removal
  • Available in 600, 900, 1100 and 1350mm working widths
  • 1 to 5 Abrasive Belt, Brush and/or Disc heads.
Specifications common to all types:
  • Centralised operator control panel.
  • Wide belt head with fine adjustments of contact roll, 180mm or  280mm.
  • Brush head with fine adjustment (Brush 280mm).
  • Fast brush oscillation.
    • Steel wire brush (80 strokes/min.)
    • Nylon web brush (60 or 120 strokes/min)
  • Quick exchange brush slide complete with shaft and bearings.
  • Conveyor bed on 4 heavy duty precision spindles, each 2 tons capacity.
  • Ridged, precision made, rubber coated, workpiece hold down rolls.
  • Motorised, single point thickness setting.
  • Electronic digital thickness read-out.
  • Frequency controlled feed motor with conveyor reverse for set-up.
Optional
  • Pre-programmable execution settings for part thickness, abrasive belt head depth and brush or disc head depth.
  • Multiple reciprocating cycles with pre-programmable stock removal and number of cycles
  • Fixed/floating conveyor table
  • Constant pass line.
  • Component cleaning brush.
  • Reverse feed cycles with retractable heads.
  • Stand-alone parts dryer for wet-working machinery.
  • Heavier / Multiple speed / Variable speed main motors.
  • Magnetic / Vacuum conveyor table
  • Digital feed speed readout
Dry working machines include:
  • Dust extraction funnel(s).
  • Motors enclosed within machine frame
Wet working machines include:
  • Automatic coolant filtration system.
  • Integral parts dryer (minimum length 80mm).
    • 3 sets of squeeze rolls.
    • 2 sets of air knives.
    • Noise insulated blower.
  • Non-stainless machine components treated with rust preventative coatings.
  • Quick exchange spray nozzle pipes for ease of maintenance.
  • Centralised lubrication for high-speed bearings.
  • Each brush head includes a stainless steel wire brush, optionally, nylon web.

Grindingmaster 71 & 72 Series

70xx Plate / Coil Finishing / Sizing

Extra Heavy Duty 6XXX & 7XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Grindingmaster 71 & 72 Series - For 24 hour / 7 day use

Grindingmaster 71 & 72 Series – For 24 hour / 7 day use

  • Available in 1350, 1600, 2150 and 2400mm working widths
  • Single or Multiple abrasive belt heads.
  • Wet or Dry Optional
  • For grain and brush finishing of sheet, plate and coil
  • For high accuracy calibrating or large area keying of rubber, plastics, cork and other soft materials.
  • Centralised PLC driven Control Panel
  • Powered, Remote adjustments of heads
  • Worm and Gearbox driven Roller Table
  • Case Hardened Steel Billy-Rollers
  • Remotely monitored and Self-levelling Billy-Roller
  • Solid Core Grinding Aggregates
  • In-machine Grinding Roller dresser
  • High dynamic balance for chatter-free finishing
  • Very high precision and tolerance grinding
  • Tailored to suite your requirements
  • Fully integrated lines
  • Full integration into your existing line

Grindingmaster 61 & 62 Series

60xx Sheet / Plate Finishing

Extra Heavy Duty 6XXX & 7XXX SeriesTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Grindingmaster 61 & 62 SeriesGrindingmaster 61 & 62 Series – For 24 hour / 7 day use
  • Available in 900, 1350, 1600 and 2150mm working widths
  • Single or Multiple Abrasive Belt or Brush heads.
  • Wet or Dry Optional
  • Centralised operator control panel.
  • Wide belt head with fine adjustments of contact roll, 280 & 180mm.
  • Brush head with fine adjustment (Brush 200mm).
  • Brushing Machines with Very High Oscillation Rates (700 strokes/min)
  • Quick exchange brush slide complete with shaft and bearings.
  • Conveyor bed on 4 heavy duty precision spindles, each 2 tons capacity.
  • Ridged, precision made, rubber coated, workpiece hold down rolls.
  • Motorised, single point thickness setting.
  • Electronic digital thickness read-out.
  • Frequency controlled feed motor with conveyor reverse for set-up.
Optional
  • Pre-programmable execution settings for part thickness, abrasive belt head depth and brush head depth.
  • Multiple reciprocating cycles with pre-programmable stock removal and number of cycles
  • Fixed/floating conveyor table
  • Constant pass line.
  • Component cleaning brush.
  • Reverse feed cycles with retractable heads.
  • Stand-alone parts dryer for wet-working machinery.
  • Heavier main motors.
  • Variable speed main motors
  • Magnetic conveyor table
  • Vacuum conveyor table
  • Digital feed speed readout
Dry working machines include:
  • Dust extraction funnel(s).
  • Enclosed heads and motors for minimising noise levels.
Wet working machines include:
  • Automatic coolant filtration system.
  • Integral parts dryer
    • 3 sets of squeeze rolls.
    • 2 sets of air knives.
    • Noise insulated blower.
  • Non-stainless machine components treated with rust preventative coatings.
  • Quick exchange spray nozzle pipes for ease of maintenance.
  • Centralised lubrication for high speed bearings.
  • Each brush head includes a stainless steelwire brush, optionally, nylon web.

Grindingmaster 81 Series

81xx Slab Grinding and High Stock Removal Volumes

Extra Heavy Duty 8XXXTimesavers / Grindingmaster

Grindingmaster 81 Series
Grindingmaster 81 Series – For very accurate sizing of slabs and high stock removal volumes
  • Reciprocating Table Bed Sizes available to custom sizes
  • Vacuum and/or Magnetic Clamping
  • Single or Multiple abrasive belt heads
  • Automatic Control of all parameters
  • Creep feed for high stock removal
  • Close tolerance thickness and flatness
  • Low Ra finishing
  • Machining mark free finish
  • Quick change abrasive belt
  • Wet operation
  • High Volume flood coolant
  • Stand-alone High-throughput filtration
  • Drag conveyor and paper filter bed