Difficult retooling: you have to change the mill and you cannot place it back in the same position, so maybe you have to readjust the entire programme.Difficult programming: often the mill leaves more defects than before.Limited working capacity: a machine built like that cannot deburr the required areas.The problems you find when you build a so easy and “homemade” robotic deburring system are the following: On the contrary, it creates more problems than its worth… The unsuspecting entrepreneur (maybe even you) trusted his neighbour or my improvised competitor who took a robot with a standard milling tool and. I also distrust those clients who, until today, have used the robotization of this process by means of a very simple machine. 80% and his employees are working with extreme effort. The suspicious client may think that by continuing to do what he is already doing is right but really he does not want to believe that shortly afterwards he is risking to ruin his company because the costs have risen to approx. The smartest thing to do is to start robotizing the deburring process with a robotized deburring machine, although every time I talk with a client who has not acquired my machines, I am faced with a wall of distrust towards this kind of solution because he thinks that what he is doing is right. All we need is a complaint from the employee and your goose is cooked! Then there are problems of noise and inhalation of harmful dust. The experienced worker, who we prefer for his consistency, quality and yield is often at home to rest for musculoskeletal disorders and diseases. If such activities are extended over time they can be the cause occupational diseases. The deburring operation needs the strength and vibration of the upper limbs, especially the hands and wrists and the handling of the piece creates the risk of back injury. Occupational diseases or the work-related diseases Clearly, the most inexperienced worker tends to wear more material because he is not able to compensate the use… and who is able to define his skills when the process is out of control? The worst situation is when the client returns the complete parcel of goods to be checked, and its here that tensions may rise.ĭepending on the worker and his expertise, there will be different tool wear. Maybe you will find pieces partially deburred or deburred too much that our client will reject.
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Manual deburring depends on the operator, his commitment and concentration. For the client this may cause a sense of unreliability towards the manufacturer and raises boring complaints. The client receives many pieces similar, perhaps with defects that differ from each other. Manual deburring implies that each piece is done differently. High fixed and variable costs are associated with many uncertainties. So to quantify the deburring cost is a very important problem and you understand that the data is variable and you can NEVER have it EVER under control. The required time for the deburring of a piece depends on the worker. In terms of concentration and strength every worker has his own rate and capacity. In other words, the worker must be specialised but unfortunately this is hard to find, so you are forced to include unskilled labour in you business. The worker must know precisely which tool he has to use on the piece. To deburr a piece the worker has to acquire dexterity and has to respect restrict specifications that most times are not known or he finds them difficult to follow…. Let’s have a look together one by one and get a grip on the great problems you are facing: The occupational diseases or work-related diseases.In addition to which, the departmental problems are countless: In fact, you have arranged a department that should not exist, because the deburring process was not included in the price of the piece and your business operating costs increase drastically and the end of year balance is terrible. … But the situation is worse than you think! Proudly, you organize an inauguration party… This processing is carried out before and next to the shotblasting machine and then you are forced to create a wider working area, forcing yourself to create a deburring department. Unfortunately, more often than not, this process is not sufficient because it drastically increases a huge quantity of work for the operator who manually shapes all the edges of each piece by removing the cutting areas and lapping the surface. As we both well know, the easiest way is to trim and shotblast the workpiece. In this informative article we are going to assume that every casted piece must be deburred.