PRE-TREATMENT , SURFACE PREPARATION , DEGREASING & CLEANING
Rösler surface finishing equipment for the rail industry
Currently , one of the most important issues for the rail industry relates to the need to remove weight from passenger rail vehicles – both new and existing .
The rail industry requires its suppliers to come up with innovative solutions for reducing the weight of all types and kind of components and manufacturers are meeting the resulting challenges with a combination of new materials , new production processes and new designs .
In addition , as battery technology take-up increases and a greater reliance on reducing emissions from diesel engines , developments in manufacturing energy efficient components will create a need for surface finishing improvements , allowing manufacturers to offer lighter parts that maintain the same performance , can result in longer maintenance intervals which in turn creates huge savings in running costs . All in all they allow a total win : win for the manufacturers and end-users alike .
Rösler Shot Blasting
Rösler shot blasting systems offer you options from deflashing , descaling , sanding and rust removal to roughening , matting , smoothing , edge rounding and shot peening .
There are few technical applications for metal surfaces that can offer the variety of uses that shot blasting technology can offer .
From rail tracks , plates & profiles to cast & forged parts . Even complete carriages .
Rösler Mass Finishing
Everywhere where metal on metal contact occurs , there is an opportunity to improve a component ’ s performance , as a result of which the marketability of that product can be highly increased . Utilising Rösler mass finishing technology and processes manufacturers can design and manufacture rail components with lower surface roughness and better surface properties enabling those performance improvements to become a reality .
For tactile surfaces mass finishing will also remove sharp edges , rust , oil and grease for safer handling of contact areas .
AM Solutions – a brand of the Rösler Group
Since we at Rösler strongly believe that additive manufacturing will have a profound effect on practically every aspect of industrial manufacturing , we decided to create a brand-new division , namely AM Solutions , within which all the company ’ s activities in the field of additive manufacturing will be handled .
The division AM Solutions - 3D post processing technology offers equipment , process technologies and consumables tailored for the automated 3D post processing , be it for single piece manufacturing or volume production . Whether your focus is on unpacking , removal of powder and support structures , surface homogenization and
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