The AutoHone™ robotic deburring machine is designed to work with a wide range of materials, including metals, alloys, and carbide. This versatility makes it ideal for industries such as aerospace, medical device manufacturing, and cutting tools, where durable, precise finishes are essential. The machine consistently delivers high-quality results on complex geometries and durable materials.

The AutoHone™ employs advanced stream finishing technology, a high-energy process also known as reverse drag finishing or wave finishing. Unlike traditional drag finishing, where parts move through stationary media, stream finishing moves the media rapidly across the part, creating a controlled abrasive wave. This powerful stream of media precisely deburrs, polishes, and smooths complex surfaces while maintaining tight tolerances.

The AutoHone’s six-axis robotic arm further enhances the process, enabling programmable control over media flow, direction, and intensity. This level of precision ensures consistent, repeatable results on intricate geometries, including cutting tools, medical implants, and aerospace components. Compared to hand finishing or conventional CNC deburring, stream finishing provides significantly faster cycle times, superior surface finishes, and more uniform edge radiusing.

Bel Air’s AutoHone stream finishing systems are ideal for carbide and HSS tools, coated and uncoated parts, and applications where surface integrity and precision are critical.

The six-axis robotic arm on the AutoHone™ automated drag finisher offers several key advantages for achieving precise and consistent results. Its infinite part orientation enables complete, even finishing on complex surfaces and challenging geometries, making it ideal for high-precision applications. Key benefits include:

• Consistent Results: Automated precision ensures uniform finishes across multiple parts, eliminating variations common in manual finishing.
• High Efficiency: The automated drag finisher can process parts up to 50-70x faster than standard methods, significantly increasing throughput.
• Reduced Labor: Minimizes the need for skilled manual labor, allowing operators to focus on other tasks.
• High Precision: Achieves repeatable, high-quality finishes that meet demanding standards in industries like aerospace and medical devices.

The AutoHone™ can be customized with a variety of optional equipment, including:

• Belt Grinding Station for light grinding and material removal.
• Polishing Wheel Station for finer polishing.
• Cleaning and Drying Stations for a complete turnkey process.
• Dust Collectors to maintain a clean workspace.
• Custom Grippers and Cutting Tool Pallets to accommodate specific part shapes and sizes. These options enhance the machine’s versatility, allowing it to meet the specific requirements of different applications and industries.

Yes, the AutoHone™ can also be used for grinding when equipped with the optional belt grinding station. This feature allows the machine to handle light to moderate grinding in addition to deburring and polishing, making it versatile for applications that require both material removal and fine surface finishing.

The AutoHone™ robotic deburring machine is well-suited for high-precision finishing applications in aerospace, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, cutting tools, and jewelry manufacturing. Its flexibility as a robotic deburring and polishing machine allows it to meet the rigorous demands of these fields, where quality, speed, and repeatability are essential.