AUTOMATIC DEBURRING SYSTEM FOR ALLOY WHEELS
The deburring machine developed and manufactured by LPM comprises a welded steel structure housing a self-centering motorized chuck and a cutting unit. The cutting unit it has 2 pneumatically driven slides fitted with 2 pairs of motor driven roller blades.
Seen within an onstream automated casting plant, after water cooling, the wheel is positioned on the deburring unit by a manipulator. After clamping the wheel, with the blades in contact with both edges (top and bottom), the machine begins deburring by means of the rotary movement of the chuck. Deburring takes place on the rim outer edges only and not the flash resulting from the mold parting line.
Edge deburring is required for the correct performance of the subsequent stages of the process (x-rays, painting,...).
The deburring machine is usually interfaced with the whole production line.