News

Home / News / Often used as power brushes for cleaning

Often used as power brushes for cleaning

Industrial Power Brushes perform many types of tasks, including blending, deburring, cleaning and polishing. Various products vary in brush diameter, type of brush filament, and configurations.

A brush's size, shape and product configuration determine its effectiveness. A wide variety of brushing materials are used, such as nylon or abrasive filaments impregnated with carbon, bronze, brass, and stainless steel grit.

Wire Brushes

Often used as power brushes for cleaning, deburring and polishing applications, wire brushes are abrasive products that remove unwanted blemishes from wood and metal surfaces. These brushes can be incorporated into handheld tools or bonded into wheels for use on larger power tools.

When selecting a wire brush for an application, it's important to consider the bristle type, configuration and diameter. The wires used in these brushes are crafted from various metals including brass, stainless steel and bronze and can be arranged in straight, twisted or knotted forms. Knotted and twisted wires are typically utilized in heavy-duty applications such as welding clean-up or significant corrosion removal while straight wires provide less aggressive action.

The size of the surface to be treated also plays a role in the selection process. While handheld wire brushes work well for small surfaces, larger surfaces require rotary and cup brush configurations. Regardless of the type chosen, a wire brush's bristles are usually crimped so that they break cleanly as they wear, creating fresh new cutting edges.

Wheel Brushes

Frequently used in wheel, cup, end and bevel brushes, metal wire power brush filaments help to deburr and clean weld seams, rough surfaces, gears, grooves and narrow areas. They're also useful for removing paint rust, scale and adhesive residues from items such as aluminum extrusion, turbine blades, transmission valve bodies, and hand-held grinders.

Typical metal wire materials for these types of power brushes include steel, stainless steel, bronze and brass. The wire can be crimped or knotted to different specifications for differing levels of brushing action control and aggressiveness.

For light-duty deburring, cleaning and polishing, some manufacturers offer nylon wheel brushes. These are resistant to most solvents, are safe to use on many substrates and provide a smooth finish. They're available with copper center wheels and can be stacked side-by-side for a wider brush face. Some manufacturers also make Tampico wheel brushes, which are made with tough, oil and heat-resistant filaments from the cactus plant that's able to withstand high-heat applications.

End Brushes

Industrial power brushes come in tube, end, wide face cylinder, and internal twisted wire configurations. These tools are used for edge blending, polishing, cleaning, and contaminant removal. They operate at varying horsepower depending on the application and type of workpiece. Power brush sizes, shapes, and brush filament fabrications vary. Experts suggest considering the surface and condition of the workpiece in addition to choosing a brush diameter size, length, and filament filling.

End brushes provide more targeted brushing action for deburring recessed areas or inside diameters that are hard to reach. They are available in four brush diameters with crimped or knot wire and may be constructed from stainless steel or carbon steel TufWire(tm). Encapsulated end brushes have pre-flared and bonded strands encased in a rigid elastomer that gradually wears to expose short filament tips for increased cutting capability. They are ideal for weld and paint removal, polishing molds and dies, and cleaning castings. They are also used to clean drilled holes. Antistatic (ESD) brushes have dissipative nylon filaments that transfer static electricity away from the workpiece to a ground, protecting sensitive electronic products.

Tube Brushes

Test tube brushes or spout brushes clean narrow-mouth laboratory glassware and vessels like Erlenmeyer flasks, graduated cylinders, and burettes. They have nylon or synthetic bristles of varying diameters lined against a sturdy wire handle that can be autoclavable and resists acid and other corrosive chemicals, such as aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, ethyl acetate esters, and trichloroethylene.

Brush handle materials include wood, plastic, and metal (including stainless steel and aluminum). Some types of industrial power brushes have a handheld design, while others are designed to be attached to tools such as drills and CNC lathes.

Most power brushes are filled with carbon steel, stainless steel, bronze, or brass wire filament that has been crimped. This process reduces the amount of cutting force on parts, reducing the risk of damage and allowing the wires to break and form new tips as they are used, increasing a brush’s life. Some styles use abrasive filaments such as horsehair and Tampico fiber for special applications.

Hot Products

Contact Us

*We respect your confidentiality and all information are protected.