Compass Automation, an Elgin, Illinois-based provider of industrial robotic solutions, reportedly has launched a new Robotic Deburring System, specially designed for chamfering of gears.

 

In general, deburring is a finishing method or the process of removing rough surfaces on the metal, such as ragged edges or protrusions, which are created while welding or molding or casting of that metal. This procedure is often used in industrial settings and manufacturing environments.

 

Compass (News - Alert) Automation’s new Robotic Deburring System is an automating system specially targeting gear manufacturers. It incorporates a touch screen uman machine interface. This HMI helps an operator seamlessly upload the specifications of a gear to the robot for automatic deburring or chamfering of that gear.

 

Gear manufacturers can automatically chamfer their gears, even though they are not mass-producing the same sizes or types of gears, the company said/

 

Furthermore, Compass Automation’s new Robotic Deburring System is customized, based on the customer’s specifications. It can be integrated into existing CNC hobbing machines, or milling machines that make gears, to facilitate the manufacturer with a complete automated process.

 

Patrick O’Rahilly, director of Compass Automation, said that the company’s new system will help gear manufacturers to not only reduce operating costs, but also helps them to save valuable time in an application.

 

"This can truly be a game-changing product for the gear manufacturing industry. It just does not make sense to allocate human operators to the deburring process,” Robert Perly, director of engineering for Compass, said in a press release. “The technology has finally arrived for robots to be able to handle small runs and the varying types and sizes of gears simply and easily.”

 

The new Robotic Deburring System was showcased at the 2009 Gear Expo in Indianapolis.

 

In addition Compass Automation offers robotic consulting, robotic cell integration, software installation, safety system integration, and system maintenance.

 

Officials at Compass said that the company has partnered with Robotmaster, in order to program robots offline, through interaction with 3D models.