Aluminum is everywhere. Light, strong, and easy to work with, aluminum has become one of the most in-demand components of twenty-first-century manufacturing. As applications have increased, aluminum components have become more complex, with many more sizes, shapes, and complex features. For manufacturers, this additional complexity means more attention to detail, including deburring – an essential finishing process for safety and quality assurance.

One common challenge is removing burrs from aluminum parts that contain multiple angles, planes, bevels, slots, vents, and holes. For more than 4 decades, Abtex has been evolving along with the aluminum industry, creating new deburring solutions for the problems of the day … and designing customized deburring brushes and systems to enhance the quality and productivity of aluminum manufacturers worldwide. So it’s no surprise that Abtex engineers are leading the way in developing innovative robotic technologies for the efficient deburring of these complex aluminum parts.

All Abtex robotic projects begin with an engineering assessment of the deburring application and requirements. Completely removing burrs and radiusing edges will ensure that this part meets even the most stringent quality standards.

Abtex engineers custom-design abrasive-filament brushes specifically for the application. Each brush deburrs and radiuses critical edges so it is important to make sure the following are properly determined for each application:

Custom filament type, diameter and length
Custom abrasive grit type, size, and loading
Custom design and construction

Parameter Name	Parameter Value
Function	finishing deburring