IAS manufactures brush making equipment for all standard types of brushes defined below. Contact IAS to learn more about our significant improvements in the industry or to discuss your own custom needs.

Strip Brush Manufacturing Machines:
A continuous metal channel is laid out and covered with bristle material, in the center of which is placed a binding wire. The channel is then formed into a 'U' shape and pinched, thereby locking the material in place. The bristle material is then trimmed to a consistent length. A number of finishing steps may complete the process.

• Straight Strip – The strip brush is cut to a specified length. Typically used for weather stripping.
• Coiled Brush – The strip brush is coiled onto a solid shaft and welded at both ends to produce a cylindrical brush. These brushes are particularly prevalent in the printing industry.
• Contour-Trimmed Cylindrical Brushes – The coiled brush from above undergoes a final trimming process which produces a specified brush profile.
• Cup and Formed Brush – As the straight strip brush leaves the main process, it is continuously formed to varying radiuses. When the forming yields a circular pattern, the brush is a cup brush, otherwise it is referred to as a formed brush. Cup brushes find uses in drill presses and vacuum hoses whereas the more general formed brush serves custom needs.

Twisted Brushes:
A stem wire is bent and bristle material is inserted between the bends. The wire is then tightly twisted, locking the bristle material in place. Bristle material is then trimmed to a specified length. Single or double stem wires may be used with a single or double set of material spirals. Typically used to clean, polish, hone, or deburr the inside of cylinders or tubes, they come with varying brush material and stem wire lengths and stiffness.

Stapled Brushes:
A substrate material (typically wood or plastic) is bored to a given depth and an amount of bristle material is inserted and stapled into the resulting hole. The completed brush is then sometimes trimmed. Holes may be drilled at differing angles thereby producing different profiles of brush. Typically, the location of holes follows (or nearly follows) a given pattern. Substrate material may either be a pre-defined rectangular block, a continuous strip, or a cylinder.

Sample equipment specifications - Examples for each machine are provided.

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