Precision-machining of wave-shaped components to reduce roughness and friction as well as for structuring and increasing the functional surfaces’ contact area can now be carried out even more efficiently: Thielenhaus Superfinish Innovation offered at the EMO 2019 in Hanover a self-loading tape finishing machine for machining shafts, bearing and sealing seats. The innovative CUBE evo is available from the Thielenhaus Technologies Swiss subsidiary company as a freely programmable unit and is designed to meet future Industry 4.0 standards.

A program with all the parameters required for the machining process, such as workpiece speed, machining time, oscillation, grinding pressure and tape speed can be stored and loaded for every workpiece that needs to be machined. This makes it possible to index to all tape finisher positions extremely precisely via the controller or manually using the positioning system. The self-explanatory user operation surface with its pull-down menus is ahead of the field in innovation. All settings can be carried out quickly and easily by the operator him- or herself, without special training.