Product Type

2-Axis CNC Brush Machines (6)

3-Axis CNC Brush Machines (8)

4-Axis CNC Brush Machines (6)

5-Axis CNC Brush Machines (6)

Other Machines (6)

Making Brushes

The term "brush" refers to devices with bristles, wire or other filaments, used for cleaning, grooming hair, make-up, painting and other kinds of surface finishing, and for many other purposes.

Configurations include twisted-in wire (for example the brushes used to clean baby feeding bottles), cylinders, and disks (with bristles spread in one face or radially).

Brushes used for cleaning come in various sizes, such as very small brushes for cleaning a fine instrument, toothbrushes, the household version that usually comes with a dustpan, or the broomstick. Hallbrooms are even larger and are used for cleaning large areas. Cleaning brushes also include brushes for cleaning vegetables, cleaning the toilet, washing glass, finishing tiles, and sanding doors.

The first requirement when manufacturing a cleaning style brush is to start with the brush block. This can vary in wood type, the most commonly used handles comes from maple. Once the wood type is selected, it is then cut into planks with in a certain width requirement. Throughout this process, workers mark down where the cracks or knots are in the wood and draw a red line across the flaw with a special wax crayon. A laser can read this line as the planks are moved forward, cutting the line with a saw. Shortly after the blocks are cut to the appropriate length, moving on to the shaping of the block known as molding.

Once the wood block is set in place for molding, a series of saws cut the block to the required thickness. A machine called the shaper follows this action. The brush handle is placed in the machine, revolving and slicing away the outside edge. This only cuts away half of the block. To keep in good profile, the same actions are done to the opposite side. Each model uses a different shaper machine ... More