#Product Trends
France pioneers automated grinding of aircraft parts
Grinding of aircraft parts appears to be a premium class in automation. The enormous size of the work pieces and their complex structure had not yet let enter automated surface processing.
The French Ferrobotics distributor Sorelia Sa now has captured this king’s class with a cleverly designed solution for a French partner. A supporting element carries three Active Contact Flanges (ACF) to cover wide paths in one single work flow. The perfect interplay of autonomous force control and positioning tolerance make the Active Contact Flange perform safe and superior in such complex jobs.
A newly developed orbital sander completes the multiple ACF solution and makes the whole setup perform brilliantly. Fast and markless contacting as well as a fully automated paper changing station deliver optimal cycle times, the changing station removes all three sanding papers fully automtic in one single go.
