Watching the shop's old manual deburr station get replaced

We had a bench with files and stones for finishing parts for years. After a new hire struggled with consistency, the boss brought in a small automated deburring machine about three months ago. The scrap rate on aluminum housings dropped from maybe 5% to almost nothing overnight. Anyone have tips on programming one for stainless steel edges?

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patricia_morgan329d ago

What's the learning curve like on those things? I once tried to program a coffee maker and ended up with a pot of hot water, so I'm impressed. For stainless, I've heard you need to go slower and use a different media than for aluminum.

mary6149d ago

Oh, the coffee maker story hits home (my toaster once held my bagel hostage for an hour). The learning curve is real, but it's less about programming and more about patience, like learning a weird recipe. For stainless, you're right, going slow is key, and you swap out the media for something less aggressive than you'd use on aluminum, like using a gentler scrub brush. It's all about not rushing it, or you end up with a finish that looks worse than my first pot of hot water coffee.