'Durable versatility, also easy to maintain' would not have been a less valid title. Not for a product that is among the best on the market in terms of application horizon. We are talking about BIAX hand-held appliances: German quality machines for which the Limburg-based BIS-TECHNICS has been the exclusive distributor for Belgium for about ten years. Koen Maris and Luc Westhovens from BIS-TECHNICS explain the power of the BIAX machines.
Koen Maris: "BIAX specializes in manual, especially pneumatic, grinding and cutting machines for industrial use. There are now more manufacturers on the market offering that kind of equipment, but those looking for real high-end quality almost inevitably end up at BIAX."
An important argument here is certainly the exceptional performance of the machines: the BIAX product range includes pneumatic devices that reach speeds ranging from 10,000 to as high as 100,000 rpm. And that is usually a bit too much for the average brands.
BIAX therefore integrates top technology into its products, Luc Westhovens said: "The heart of the high-speed machines is no longer a vane motor. BIAX opted here for a maintenance-friendly turbine drive, supported by robust ceramic-steel hybrid bearings." A high-tech bearing arrangement that also guarantees vibration-free operation, which immediately prevents wear due to harmful harmonics. Much less heat generation also occurs. The most important prerequisite here, however, is the use of perfectly dry, oil-free compressed air.
The main areas of application for the technology can be partly guessed at: fine deburring work, corrections and sanding in sheet metal working, among others. In addition, post-processing work on milling and turning in both the metal and plastics industries. In particular, the often delicate post-processing of 3D printed workpieces then comes into focus.
The technology also offers additional versatility thanks to angle machines, which can also be equipped with, for example, sanding pads or a burr. In addition to the range of rotary machines, BIAX also offers belt sanders, deburring machines for interior contours or areas that are otherwise difficult to reach by machine. Filing machines, highly sought after in the arms industry among others, also belong to the wide range.
And no, this is not all. BIAX also offers deburring tools that can be placed on the spindle of a CNC machine. Or tools with a link for a robot, so that, for example, a complete deflashing process can be pre-programmed with the robot. Koen Maris: "An important case of BIS-TECHNICS, which is currently running very well, is the robotized deflashing of the (large) gearboxes of wind turbines. By the way, a very strong point of this robot attachment is the possibility of deflection of the tool outside the axis line, so that not only operation at 180° is possible. This broadens the application horizon considerably."
A this time all-electric application is a flexible shaft extension to which one can connect a whole range of applications. The principle is similar to what is common in dentistry, and shows itself to be ideal for very fine correction work in hard-to-reach areas.
Scraping devices are very commonly used in machine revisions when material thicknesses need to be removed at the micron level. Although scraping in itself is an old and well-known technique, it is still a must for some specific applications. BIAX offers - mainly - electric scrapers that are ideally suited, for example, for fine smoothing hardened workpieces. Classics include the hardened bed of a milling machine or also the carriage of a lathe.