(19)
(11) EP 1 097 781 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/19

(21) Application number: 00124142.1

(22) Date of filing: 07.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B24B 27/04, B24B 29/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.11.1999 IT MI992330

(71) Applicant: ANTIL S.r.l.
20123 Milan (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Zanella Paolo Franco
    20141 Milano (IT)

(74) Representative: Coloberti, Luigi 
Via E. de Amicis No. 25
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Apparatus for finishing metal surfaces


(57) Apparatus for surface finishing of metal pieces, in particular for satin-polishing extractor hoods (10) and the like. The apparatus comprises a first work unit (17) provided with a rotating brush (18) and a second work unit (14) for supporting the metal piece (10), which can be positioned frontally one in relation to the other. Both work units (14, 17) are movable along respective slide guides (12, 13; 15, 16) in planes at right angles one to the other; each work unit (14, 17) is also provided with three controlled axes (Al, A2, A3; A4, A5, A6), each of which is operatively connected to a control device designed to send reference signals to a programmable process unit (CPU) so as to sequentially orientate each surface (S) of the metal piece (10) along a reference plane, for example parallel to the vertical sliding plane of the work unit (17) for supporting the rotating brush (18), and respectively to move the same brush (18) along two orthogonal axes (A2, A5) parallel to the reference plane, according to a programmed work path (D0-D9).







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