Radius 2+ in sight

Highest standards of precision and surface quality

Anyone realizing projects of this size and complexity relies on the highest standards of precision and surface quality. The requirements for deburring are correspondingly high: cleanly rounded edges ensure safe handling, exact fitting accuracy and permanently adhering coatings.
Until the beginning of 2025, however, deburring was mainly done by hand – a labor-intensive and unhealthy process with a considerable risk of injury. “For a current project, we urgently needed to prepare components with a radius of 2 for subsequent painting. It was not economically feasible to do this manually,” reports Johannes Dicks, Design and Project Management at Aquatec. The search for an automated solution ultimately led to Q-Fin B.V., a manufacturer from the Eindhoven region that is breaking new ground with innovative deburring machines.

Employees from 16 nations: ease of use required

In addition to the surface quality, the ease of operation was also convincing. Mohamed Faresse, an employee of Moroccan origin, immediately got to grips with the system. “After a short briefing, he was able to deburr the first parts without any problems,” reports Dicks. This is a decisive advantage for a company with employees from 16 different countries. Language barriers and different educational backgrounds make qualification difficult on a day-to-day basis. “For a multicultural team with different educational backgrounds, intuitive operation is a major advantage,” adds Dicks. Q-Fin attaches great importance to this aspect. “During demonstrations, we often ask customers to try it out for themselves. Many are surprised at how intuitive the controls are,” explains Fred Post, Account Manager Germany at Q-Fin.

The SER1200 Multibrush Combi combines several processing stations: a sanding belt unit, two disk brush units and a Multibrush unit with six cross-rotating round brushes. With this setup, deburring, rounding and different finish variants can be realized in a single pass. This is interesting for a job store like Aquatec, which often processes different components alternately on an order-oriented basis. This is supported by the combined vacuum and magnet system, which fixes steel, stainless steel and aluminum parts. The non-productive times are short, as the changeover to a new material takes a maximum of 15 minutes.