Part Finishing Applications  

Stamped and shaped aluminum dryer-door component for front-loading washer. The Model 9001-B was commissioned and built to apply a brushed finish to aluminum sheets which are later punched and stamped into their final shape as front-load washing machine doors.

The output requirements were fairly small in scale, which made an operator loaded machine the perfect solution. Sheets are loaded by hand and the machine handles the rest. The sheet is automatically advanced and trapped by stops. A vacuum table secures the sheet as the brush platen lowers to contact it.

For this application, a brief, four-second cycle time was chosen. The brush platen is fitted with six 4 inch nylon disc brushes. This is a simple and effective machine which addressed our customer’s needs exactly.

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 Internals of McNeil OLS Model 9060 brush-finishing machine.  The Model 9060 is operator loaded and unloaded.
Internal workings of Model 9060 machine. The brushed and finished piece.