Ernst deburring machines from SurTech

Ernst deburring technology enables users to process any material in thicknesses from 0.8 mm up 100 mm in hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass and many others. And the technology permits deburring of material with coatings such as vinyl, aluminised, galvanised or painted parts without damage to the surface. Ernst machines can process 'foreign parts', such as dimples and throughputs, independent of contouring process, such as laser cutting, punching, nibbling, oxyfuel or plasma cutting. The range accomplishes this in a single machine, offering consistent results with a wide variety of finishing processes like de-slagging, deburring, graining, refining the grain finish, oxide removal, breaking or rounding the edges and washing and drying. An Ernst system improves throughput by 30 times when deburring heavy plate that has been plasma or oxy-fuel cut, it is claimed, and in the case of laser cutting without nitrogen, the technology can reliably remove oxide deposits up to 1/8 in from each side. Consistent qualified surfaces, such as a number 3 or number 4 stainless steel finish, can be achieved, the grain typically refined by applying stainless steel or scotchbrite brushing after the graining process. Ernst units allow abrasive change in under than 3 minutes, and simple and quick workpiece thickness setting. A machine can typically run for less than 3 hours per week but deliver a return on investment of less than one year if a company has two employees deburring permanently, it is claimed. At the core of each machine is the patented Ernst deburring cylinder. This technology is claimed to provide higher throughput, lower cost, outstanding quality and the ability to process all a company's parts in a single machine. The deburring cylinder removes big burrs at high feed rates using less abrasive and less electrical energy.