Thermal Deburring

A. Do you have an existing system and are explaining what happens when you use the system, or are you looking for a system that does what you describe? Never heard of the latter, but if that happens with an existing system, I'd say that was possible. There are tremendous energy forces released in thermal deburring and if the machine is not properly adjusted, then I think movement is possible; however, movement is not necessarily bad, unless I am missing something else.

AF Kenton
retired business owner - Hatboro, Pennsylvania
2004

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2004

A. The thermal deburring/deflashing cycle begins when the parts are sealed in the chamber by a force of about 350 tons, a mixture of oxygen and natural gas is introduced completely enveloping the part, a spark ignites the mixture, instantly vaporizing all burrs, flash and metallic contaminants, internally and externally. To know what exactly you want I should know the hardness, etc.

Regards,

Kulkarni Niranjan
- New York

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A. I think you need to redesign the fixtures maybe depending what kind of a part you have. I have seen this happening many times but it's mostly the part which is in the center where the pressure is maximum. But yeah to answer your question need to know a lot of things.

Sajjad
- Elgin, Illinois
2004

A. Yes, I've heard of this problem several times. I was a Surftran Field Service Engineer for 15 yrs., and since retired. The company has since gone out of business, located in Madison Hts. They moved to Irvine Pa.

If you haven't resolved the issue yet, or have any other problems as you described with Surftran Thermal Deburring units (TEM's), you can Google aftermarket Surftran. This may help you find your answer to several Surftran TEM's & ECM's problems with the equipment. There are several reason's why the parts may jump off the fixturing: mixture, dwell times, worn fixtures & pins, trapped gases under the fixturing.

Kim Piscitelli
- Clarkston, Michigan, USA
February 27, 2009