New Q-Fin Department to Automate Deburring Process

Software integration

This requires facilities like robots, reversing stations, return conveyors, and lifting aids. But what is equally important is that the deburring process and the associated handling must be software-integrated into the customer’s production process. A prerequisite for this is that the deburring machines can be fully configured through software, which is already the case with Q-Fin machines. An API has also been developed to integrate with all common ERP systems. Bax explains, “Such integration isn’t very interesting if you only have a robot loading the machine. It doesn’t provide much data. But it becomes interesting when 3D vision cameras control the entire deburring process, monitor it, and can provide feedback on the processing time in the deburring machine.”

Latest laser vision camera

This is precisely one of the things that Q-Fin Handling Solutions is addressing. Two cells have already been developed in collaboration with several partners, and they are both operational. These cells use the latest 3D vision cameras to recognize the products placed on a pallet and provide the necessary information to control the entire process. In the field of vision, Q-Fin has partnered with Affix Engineering in Best. This means that the latest laser vision camera from the German company Mech-Mind is applied in the automation of the deburring process. Affix will exclusively support Q-Fin as a dealer in deburring applications.

Inno-Metal and VDL Technics

Furthermore, the deburring specialist has secured the collaboration of two launching customers willing to develop the new solutions: VDL Technics in Boxtel and INNO-metaal in Eindhoven. Bax says, “One of our strengths as a small OEM is that we take full control of the development of these solutions. We work with various parties, allowing us to quickly integrate our solutions with customers’ production systems.”