FOCUS ON SURFACE FINISHING
With its extensive machinery portfolio , TMS can meet a wide range of customer requirements .
is much easier ; a touchscreen displays easily understandable graphics . “ That is a relief , particularly for our foreign-language employees since Luxembourg is a multilingual country ,” explained Angela Weyer .
The EdgeBreaker ® 6000 viewing window is also appreciated by TMS .
“ For other customers , this may be a gimmick but for us it is an immense advantage . We can see whether the parts are still on the vacuum belt and can make fine adjustments to the grinding belt . With the old machine , you only noticed an issue with a part when it no longer came out of the machine ,” added the plant manager .
Maintenance is also easier with the new machine compared to the level of maintenance needed with TMS ’ s wet deburring machine .
“ The mixture of grinding dust and water was almost concrete-like after it dried ,” Hemmer reported . They also had to disassemble the old deburring system to clean it and hose down parts with a high-pressure washer in the yard .
“ Now all we have to do with the new
Stefan Seer , Head of Quality Assurance , TMS .
The touchscreen control with graphics .
machine is open the door , drain the water every other day for the wet extraction and vacuum the inside with an industrial vacuum . Overall , it ’ s a much cleaner and easier job ,” Hemmer confirmed .
Keeping customers happy
In the meantime , the EdgeBreaker ® has found its permanent place at TMS .
“ We processed around 84,000 individual metal sheets with it in 2022 ,” explained Hemmer . This underscores the trend that more and more customers want their sheets and sheet metal parts deburred , added ARKU .
About ARKU
Founded in 1928 , family-owned company ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH is a market specialist in straightening technology with almost 60 years of experience . ARKU offers a large selection of precision straightening machines as well as deburring and rounding machines . It also provides parts handling around the straightening and deburring machines with its own business division .
With headquarters in Baden-Baden , Germany , and ISO-certified subsidiaries in Kunshan ( China ) and Cincinnati ( USA ), the company covers markets in over 30 countries . The product range includes precision part straightening and deburring machines ; automated parts handling with robots ; cut-tolength lines ; press feeding lines and coil entry lines for rollformers . This is mainly in the automotive and construction , mechanical engineering and rail industries as well as job shops and others .
“ We ’ ve definitely been able to keep customers where the critical process was deburring . The moment we determined we were going to buy a new machine , the customers were happy ,” said the operations manager .
Internally , TMS has also become much more confident in its deburred sheet requirements .
“ In the past , the customer would request deburring and we would try to keep the issue small . Now deburring is also actively offered , which has improved our position in the market ,” outlined Hemmer .
“ With the EdgeBreaker ® 6000 , we have increased process stability and product quality . This has increased overall customer satisfaction ,” concluded Decker . n
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