Say goodbye to laborious sanding backlogs

CiMNov18News - Tyrolit1
CiMNov18News - Tyrolit1

Austrian abrasives manufacturer, TYROLIT presented its new TYROLIT POWER tool for the sanding and finishing of hard surfaces at this year’s wind energy fair in Hamburg.

 

In the turbine blade production for the wind industry, the sanding process is often a major cause for backlogs and therefore a well-known bottleneck.

Thanks to the new abrasive tool TYROLIT POWER, blades can be sanded eight times faster than in the conventional way. This reduces the threat of possible backlogs considerably. In Hamburg, the abrasive manufacturer demonstrated TYROLIT POWER for the first time at a fair, fitted to a semi-automated robot developed by Eltronic, the Danish specialist in manufacturing systems.

The patented TYROLIT POWER system consists of diamond coated cloth mesh supported by a natural hair brush. Depending on the customer’s needs, it is available in a multitude of sizes and lengths. As hand-held devices, the abrasive brushes can be fitted to straight grinders, to TYROLIT’S air driven POWER machine or to a so-called surface sander with a core of 265mm, for larger surfaces. All these solutions offer highly mobile and efficient sanding for large moulds.

In cooperation with Eltronic, TYROLIT offers customers in the wind industry and potentially in the airplane and boat industry as well with a semi-automated robot for the sanding and finishing of large surfaces with minimal exertion. The new machine convinces with a user-friendly operator panel, is extremely easy to move and has an extendable arm with a reach of up to 7.5m. It allows the fast sanding of large surfaces – up to 150m2 can be completed in one hour.

The use of the POWER machine instead of conventional dual action sanders allows for vibration free application with none of the issues associated with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). The new diamond coated strips give a more controlled surface finish especially advantageous for the production of large moulds. For fibreglass, they are able to replace traditional abrasive cloth flaps and reduce processing times by a factor of eight. The machines and diamond brushes can be used wet or dry. Additionally, the machines have specially designed dust extraction guards guaranteeing very little dust production during work.

Due to the extreme hardness of diamond compared to traditional abrasives such as aluminium oxide or silicon carbide, the diamond coated mesh can extend tool life by a factor of six with reduced clogging and dust thanks to the mesh netting.

The toughness of the abrasive grain is a critical factor for the rapid and consistent machining of hard surfaces and can be used to machine glass or carbon fibre, gel coats and other hard composites. Initially designed for the machining of large wind turbines, applications can be found in boat building, railway carriage construction, aircraft manufacturing and mould making. The diamond strips are available in grit sizes from 80 to 500 mesh and slot into holders of various diameters and lengths.

www.tyrolit.co.uk

 

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