company Lissmac to increase production capacity and improve consistency.

　　With parts that can weigh up to 35 kilogram, the company selected an SBM-M 1500 D2 slag removal machine, which is

　　connected in line with the SMB-XL 1500 G2S2 de burring and edge rounding machine to efficiently complete the whole

　　process in one production cell. The steel plates are stacked on a pallet and then placed on a lifting table in front of the slag

　　removal machine.

　　Mr Walter Radinger, process manager at Voestalpine, said that “Every year, we process over 60,000 tonnes of steel plate for

　　the automotive industry, with components including structural parts and doors, bonnets, tail gates and boot lids to name but a

　　few. What we needed was a process that was simple to set up and would provide the best available deburring quality.

　　Additionally, we needed something that could deburr both sides of a steel plate in the same pass.”

　　He said that “In the end, we found that only Lissmac could fulfil all of our criteria, and we were especially convinced by the

　　performance of the slag removal machine. This was particularly the case when we cut thicker plates of 25mm and more.”