Since
that time, we have had many other applications in other industries
including computer hardware, automotive, aerospace, caul plates,
etc. The 631 Series machine was designed for deburring and surface
finishing printed circuit boards using a urethane impregnated abrasive
wheel.In 1979, we developed the 790 Series machine for deburring and surface finishing, using nylon brushes and wheels, and water as a lubricant and cleaner. This unit was so precise, we could deburr aluminum aircraft parts without disturbing the one mil (.001”) Alclad coating on them. This same machine was used for deburring and surface finishing large clutch plates used in agricultural equipment.
The 835 Series Deburring and Surface Finishing machine was developed
to upgrade the 790 Series, and incorporate new improvements. The
abrasive brush or wheel on this unit is 8” in diameter. This
gave us twice the annular area and lifetime of the old 6”
brushes used in other equipment. The 8” brush reduces maintenance
downtime for brush change, increases bearing life as the brush turns
slower than a 6” brush to achieve the desired surface feet
for deburring. We also incorporated several other features to make
the machine more versatile; additional horsepower, additional water
flow, ceramic back-up rolls, central lubrication system, etc. Each
835 Series machine is built to customer specifications incorporating
items that are needed for their specific application.In the 1970’s Curtin-Hebert developed the 742 Series Plate Cleaner in order to clean caul plates for the electronics industry. This unit was designed to clean both sides of steel plates at the same time using both the dry method and a newer wet method incorporating nylon cleaning brushes.
The 852 and 835A-12 Series Plate Cleaners have incorporated all
the options and accessories our customers have requested over the
years. Cleaning speeds of up to 60 feet per minute have been recorded.
Several items incorporated into the 852 Series machine include automatic
thickness compensation for various thickness plates, a centralized
lubrication system, ceramic or hard rubber back-up rolls, an extra
rinse section, etc. We can also add a variable pitch pulley arrangement
which keeps the cleaning brush at a constant surface feet as the
brush decreases in size.Here in our Gloversville facility, we maintain both wet and dry deburring and surface finishing systems to process any sample parts that you may wish to send or bring in. There is, of course, no charge for this service.
