The importance of metal deburring in laser cutting

Today, as you know, there are a multitude of tools for metalworking. In our case, we are particularly fond of laser cutting. Machines on which we have been performing maintenance since 2002. Indeed, they offer a certain flexibility, speed and precision in your production compared to other machine tools. It is certainly a heavy investment, but it will be very profitable for your company over the years.

In addition to laser cutting machines, we can also mention press brakes, plasma cutting tables, water jet cutting tables and deburring machines. In this article, we will focus on the latter production tool. A machine tool dedicated to a perfect metal finish, ideal for increasing the quality of your production.

All you need to know about metal deburring

The first question you need to ask yourself is a legitimate one: What exactly ismetal deburring? As the name suggests, it is the process that comes after laser cutting. This operation consists of removing burrs, splashes and dents from the edges of your metal part. Simply put, it's all the little imperfections that separate the edges of your part from a completely smooth and shiny surface. That being said, these burrs are generally less present on laser-cut parts compared to other metalworking machines. Obviously, the greater the thickness of the metal being cut, the more burr will be present. This makes perfect sense.

Demanding customers in search of the best quality!

In a booming laser cutting market, there is obviously more and more competition. In particular, many subcontractors are equipping themselves with very powerful fibre laser machines to keep up with the influx of orders. Nevertheless, faced with these numerous players, customers sometimes find it difficult to make a choice for their service providers. For subcontractors, one argument makes the difference: production quality!

We now frequently see manufacturers who no longer hesitate to internalize laser cutting directly in their factories. As an example, we can cite our customer Citynox and its purchase of a EAGLE fiber laser machine 15kW. It is for the moment the most powerful machine installed in France (September 2020). A machine which thus largely exceeds the performances of those of the subcontractors!

In view of this high customer demand, the deburring process is becoming more and more important. Hence the growing interest in deburring machines, machines for clean metal finishing, such as the one of our partner COSTA Levigatrici for example.

How deburring machines work

Choosing a deburring machine really does simplify and speed up the finishing of your parts after the metal cutting phase. It saves your teams from having to use strips, paper or even sanding discs. Indeed, these "classic" deburring processes are much less efficient, but above all much more time-consuming and exhausting! With a metal deburring machine, you simply put your production parts directly into the machine and they come out as smooth as possible. All in record time! With the best quality parts, your customers will always be satisfied, which will help you to keep them loyal in the long term. This is especially important for small and medium-sized industrial companies!