[April 2021] The Automated Future of Material Removal

Automating a deburring or surface finishing application is a smart, responsible, and effective way to improve a manufacturing process. There is a serious need for the automation of manual material removal and deburring tasks to help improve employees’ health, combat manufacturing labor shortages, and increase product consistency and quality. The historical roadblocks for automated material removal are melting away as return on investment gets faster, more integrators and manufacturers cultivate hands-on experience, and technology advances to make processes easier.
 
Robots that are less expensive and easier to use, along with a growing network of knowledgeable integrators and tool developers, creates abundant support and drive for automated surface finishing. State-of-the-art, application-specific, end-of-arm tooling helps users tackle more and more deburring and surface finishing operations while software integrated robotic technologies help implement the new end effectors.