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PushCorp PushCorp is the leading manufacturer of robotic material removal end-of-arm tooling.

The biggest risk in robotic material removal is committing to a process before you know how it will perform on your actu...
10/15/2026

The biggest risk in robotic material removal is committing to a process before you know how it will perform on your actual parts.

Grinding, sanding, polishing, and deburring all depend on details such as:

➡️ Part geometry and variation
➡️ Abrasive selection
➡️ Tooling and spindle choice
➡️ Contact force
➡️ Robot path and process parameters

That is where a de-risking lab helps. 🦾

Instead of troubleshooting on the production floor, you validate the process first:

1. Send in your parts
PushCorp engineers evaluate the real application.

2. Test and refine the process
Tooling, abrasives, equipment, and parameters are optimized around the required result.

3. Get a process roadmap
You receive a detailed report your team or system integrator can use for implementation.

The goal is simple: prove the process before committing to the full automation investment.

PushCorp operates Demo Labs in Dallas and Montreal for robotic grinding, sanding, polishing, deburring, and other material removal applications.

Learn more about PushCorp’s de-risking labs: https://pushcorp.com/de-risk-your-robotic-material-removal-applications/

If automated material removal and finishing are on your radar, visit us at FABTECH 2026 to discuss your application. We’ll be presenting live and answering any of your questions at booth S44046, starting October 21st.

Got a finishing application that has been difficult to automate? Bring it to FABTECH. 🦾One week from now, PushCorp will ...
10/14/2026

Got a finishing application that has been difficult to automate? Bring it to FABTECH. 🦾

One week from now, PushCorp will be in Las Vegas demonstrating robotic material removal and talking with manufacturers about the applications that are difficult to solve on the production floor.

Weld grinding, sanding, sheet metal polishing, complex geometry, force control, spindle selection... the right solution starts with understanding the part and the process.

Stop by the PushCorp booth to see live demonstrations, inspect the tooling up close, and discuss what automation could look like for your application.

📍 FABTECH 2026 | Las Vegas Convention Center
📅 October 21–23
🔶 Booth S44046
Register for free using PushCorp promo code 10007221.

Bring the application. PushCorp will bring the material removal expertise.

10/13/2026

Blow molding leaves thin, irregular plastic flash along the parting line that has to be trimmed before the part is finished.

Doing that manually can be repetitive and surprisingly sensitive to small changes in part shape. Too little pressure leaves material behind. Too much can cut into the parent material.

In this PushCorp demo, the trimming solution is intentionally simple. But highly effective. 🦾

An 8 mm trim blade is held in a custom 3D-printed clamp shell, while an active compliance device controls how the blade engages the plastic.

As the robot follows the cut line, the compliance device maintains the required cutting pressure against the part, helping the blade stay engaged even as the surface geometry changes.

That combination allows the robot to follow the molded edge and remove flash in a more controlled, repeatable way.

For blow-molded plastic parts, automated trimming can reduce manual cleanup while helping maintain a consistent cut along complex parting lines.

See PushCorp robotic flash trimming in this demo.

Your best welders and machinists are expensive to replace.Not just because hiring is difficult, but because experienced ...
10/08/2026

Your best welders and machinists are expensive to replace.

Not just because hiring is difficult, but because experienced people carry years of process knowledge, judgment, and production skill with them.

When grinding positions stay unfilled, that work often gets pushed onto the people who are already keeping production moving.

So the welder spends hours grinding.
The machinist gets pulled into cleanup.
The most capable people spend less time doing the work they were hired for.

Over time, that can create a retention problem. ⚠️

People get tired of repetitive, physically demanding work that keeps them away from their core trade. And when experienced employees leave, the cost is much bigger than one open position.

You lose:
⚠️ Skilled production capacity
⚠️ Hard-earned process knowledge
⚠️ Training investment
⚠️ Team stability
⚠️ Time spent recruiting and rebuilding experience

Manual grinding bottlenecks are a people problem too. You don’t experience bottlenecks in a vacuum.

That is one of the hidden costs PushCorp covers in its free guide, 20 Hidden Costs of Manual Grinding.

👉 Download the guide here -> https://pushcorp.com/guide-manual-grinding-20-hidden-costs/

FABTECH 2026 is two weeks away. 🦾PushCorp is heading to Las Vegas to showcase robotic material removal technology for we...
10/07/2026

FABTECH 2026 is two weeks away. 🦾

PushCorp is heading to Las Vegas to showcase robotic material removal technology for weld grinding, sanding, polishing, deburring, finishing, and other demanding automation applications.

If you’re evaluating robotic material removal, this is a chance to see the technology running live and talk directly with the PushCorp team about your own process.

At the booth, you can:
✅ See live product demonstrations
✅ Learn more about robotic compliance and servo spindles
✅ Discuss application challenges with PushCorp experts
✅ Get recommendations for your parts and production requirements

📍 FABTECH 2026 | Las Vegas Convention Center
📅 October 21–23
🔶 Booth S44046

Planning to attend? Register for free at FABTECH using PushCorp promo code 10007221.
Meet the PushCorp team in Las Vegas and see robotic material removal in action.

10/06/2026

Manual weld grinding gets difficult when the tool has to stay consistent across multiple seams and changing orientations.

In this PushCorp demo, the robot uses an RBS 372 belt sander, a 70-durometer contact wheel, and the AFD 1240 active compliance device to grind and blend the welds into the parent material. 🦾

Each seam is processed with a single lengthwise pass.

The important part happens as the tool changes orientation: the active compliance device automatically adjusts air pressure to maintain constant force against the workpiece.

That helps the abrasive stay properly engaged and keeps weld leveling more consistent across the part.

For automated weld grinding, the combination of the right belt, contact wheel, tool path, and force control can turn a variable manual process into something much more repeatable.

See the process in the video.

And if you want to see PushCorp robotic material removal technology in person, join us at FABTECH 2026:
📍 Las Vegas Convention Center
📅 October 21–23
🔶 Booth S44046

Stop by to see live demonstrations and talk with the PushCorp team about your own weld grinding application.

Reliability matters in robotic material removal because the tooling is doing demanding work under heavy load, often shif...
10/01/2026

Reliability matters in robotic material removal because the tooling is doing demanding work under heavy load, often shift after shift.

Grinding, sanding, deburring, and finishing equipment has to handle vibration, abrasive dust, continuous loading, and tough production environments. If the tooling is not reliable, the entire automated process suffers.

That is one reason PushCorp keeps so much of its manufacturing in-house.

At its Dallas, Texas facility, PushCorp machines more than 95% of its components internally.

That gives our team much higher control over:
✅ Machining quality
✅ Component consistency
✅ Precision measurement
✅ Final product durability

Keeping production local also helps PushCorp maintain close oversight from design through machining, inspection, and assembly.

For manufacturers investing in robotic material removal, that level of control matters because the equipment is expected to perform reliably for years in real production environments.

Built in Dallas, Texas. Trusted worldwide.

Fatigue shouldn’t be a process variable.Yet in manual grinding, sanding, and deburring, quality often depends on an oper...
09/30/2026

Fatigue shouldn’t be a process variable.

Yet in manual grinding, sanding, and deburring, quality often depends on an operator maintaining the same force, angle, and dwell time for hours.

As fatigue builds, the process can drift.

A little more pressure here.
A slightly longer pass there.
A missed burr on the next part.
Those small differences can turn into rework, scrap, premature abrasive changes, and delays that travel into welding, coating, and assembly.

Using cobots for material removal offers another approach. 🦾

Paired with the right tooling and force compliance, they can repeat the same motion and maintain controlled pressure from the first part of the shift to the last. They are particularly useful where flexibility, quick changeovers, and a smaller automation footprint matter.

PushCorp breaks down where cobots fit, the processes they can automate, and the six building blocks of a repeatable material removal cell in this article:
https://pushcorp.com/blog/material-removal-cobots/

09/29/2026

For visible metal parts, the grain pattern is part of the final product.

On stainless steel surfaces, inconsistent grain direction, scratches, mill scale, or uneven blending can quickly reduce the perceived quality of the finished part.

Robotic graining helps make that finish repeatable. 🦾

By controlling abrasive pressure, direction, and tool motion, the robot can establish a uniform grain pattern across every part.

In this PushCorp demo, tool selection made an important difference.

A pneumatic contact wheel performed better than an expander-style wheel because its inflation level can be adjusted to change how much the wheel conforms to the surface.

That allows it to:
✅ Reach into low spots and shallow valleys
✅ Follow surface variation without excessive stock removal
✅ Run at lower speeds while keeping the abrasive belt securely in place

Combined with controlled robotic motion and force, that conformability helps create a more uniform grain without unnecessarily altering the part geometry.

For cosmetic metal finishing, the goal is controlled and consistent surface refinement.

See it in action:

Grinding welds for nearly an entire shift is not a great use of skilled welding labor.That was the challenge at Expediti...
09/24/2026

Grinding welds for nearly an entire shift is not a great use of skilled welding labor.

That was the challenge at Expedition One.

Before automation, welders were spending 60–90 minutes grinding each bumper. For a process repeated throughout the day, grinding quickly became a major drain on skilled labor and production capacity.

After implementing a PushCorp robotic grinding solution, that same grinding process dropped to 8–10 minutes per bumper. 🦾

That is up to 9× faster grinding.

But the bigger win was what happened to the welders.

Instead of spending most of the day grinding completed welds, they could get back to welding and other productive work where their skill creates more value.
✅ Less time spent on manual grinding
✅ More welding capacity
✅ Faster finishing cycles
✅ Skilled labor focused on skilled work

Expedition One’s results show why robotic grinding ROI is not only about cycle time. Sometimes the biggest gain is simply giving valuable labor back to production.

👉 See the full Expedition One success story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61SbdHcRuG0

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