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Valve Maker Cuts Deburring Costs With Flexible Honing Tool

From Brush Research Manufacturing Co., Inc.
 

 

A leading manufacturer of air valves has developed a new method of
honing burrs created during the molding of the aluminum body for a quickexhaust
valve. The new system incorporates a special deburring tool in a drill
motor. Results indicate that the system has generated high cost savings over
previous methods.


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Product Announcements
Jason Finishing Group-Osborn/JacksonLea - ATB™ NovoFlex Flexible Honing Tools
Osborn International has engineered and manufactured these Flexible Honing Tools to be competitive with similar products in the market. Osborn's products consistently create an ideal edge break, which... (read more)
Jason Finishing Group-Osborn/JacksonLea - ATB Novoflex Flexible Honing Tool - Heavy Duty
NovoFlex Flexible Honing Tools have round, abrasive beads fastened to the ends of flexible filaments. (read more)
Jason Finishing Group-Osborn/JacksonLea - ATB Novoflex Flexible Honing Tool Small Diameter
NovoFlex Flexible Honing Tools have round, abrasive beads fastened to the ends of flexible filaments. (read more)
Jason Finishing Group-Osborn/JacksonLea - Diamond Superabrasive Brushes
Osborn ATB Diamond Superabrasive brushes are engineered for today's superhard materials such as CBN, PCD and ceramics. ATB Superabrasives are made with polycrystalline diamond (PCD) impregnated... (read more)
Abtex Corporation - Brush Assemblies for Conicity Machines.
Abtex Corporation Announces the Availability of Cost Effective Composite Core Radial Wheel Brush Assemblies for Conicity Insert Honing Machines. Two standard 14" diameter brush assemblies are... (read more)
Abtex Corporation - Deburring Brushes
If you have a profile that's giving you headaches, Abtex can design a built-to-profile brush using your wheel and a cross-section CAD drawing. A fitted brush requires less dressing-in and makes better... (read more)
Brush Research Manufacturing Co., Inc. - Flex-Hone® Tool for Surface Finishing & Deburring
Deburring cross drilled holes is an expensive, time consuming operation. The Flex-Hone® can be used to remove burrs from cross drilled holes leaving a clean, radiused intersection. Because of its... (read more)
 

Topics of Interest
A flexible surface deburring/finishing tool has improved quality and cut cost in the honing of burrs created in the manufacture of miniaturized air-driven liquid pumps. The burrs occur when holes are... (Read More)
A leading international manufacturer of outboard engines has developed a new method of honing the burrs created during the boring of its engines' cylinders. The new system incorporates a special... (Read More)
A new surface deburring and finishing tool, has improved quality, and cut costs in the honing of burrs created during the boring of cylinders in the manufacture of hermetic and semi-hermetic... (Read More)
2.3 Unit events and surface topography The manufacturing process unit event creates a pattern or texture on the surface that is a function of the tool shape and the machine relative motions. For... (Read More)
The expanding use of aluminum extruded shapes is placing higher quality demands on extruders and fabricators. Electronics related applications such as heat dissipation components (heat sinks) require... (Read More)