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When you want to paint something, you’ll need a paintbrush. It’s almost impossible to create such a beautiful creation without having a proper paintbrush. Other than painting, bigger brushes are used to apply sealers to any surfaces that are paintable.
Talking about the paintbrush, we often see different types of brush. There are brushes specifically created for artistic purposes, and some are for industrial. No matter the type, the way to make them is similar.
You might have wondering, how to manufacture paintbrushes? Are they made using specific methods? To find the answers, feel free to check the explanation below:
Before learning the necessary processes to make them, it’s always better for us to first learn about the product itself. Paintbrush, as you may know, is a device mainly used to paint something. You may use it on a canvas or any other paintable surface for many different purposes.
This brush works by picking up the paint using the filament which hold together by a metal band. Without this band, the filament would fly everywhere. There’s also a part called a spacer plug, which functions to hold the handle and filament together and make the whole structure more solid.
You may find a lot of paintbrush variations depending on the market. Each market usually has specialized qualifications. For example, consumers who want to paint small objects could use paintbrushes that are customer-grade. Professional painters surely won’t use something like it. Instead, they will be using professional-grade paintbrushes which have specific-type of filament. These brushes are generally long-lasting and artistic-grade.
The variations of paintbrushes also make the price differences between the products. For example, since the lower grade paint brushes use animal hair that’s affordable, the overall price for that brush will be cheap as well.
However, if you’re buying a paintbrush that’s beautifully crafted with expensive animal hair, you’ll be paying much more. Most of the animal hair is synthetic, which can be used for both lower and better paintbrush grades.
Aside from the filament, the next important thing in a paintbrush is the handle. Usually, it’s made of plastic or wood.
Paintbrushes that are massively made are produced in a paintbrush factory. But, the more expensive ones, which are usually used by professionals are assembled by hand, whether in an individual shop or a factory. Usually, the artists will have someone professional and a specialist make the paintbrushes for them, at an exclusive price, of course.
The filament used for paintbrush production is usually made of animal hair, and most often is bristle. However, in specific countries, like the USA, for example, the animal hair used for production is more varied, ranging from badger, ox, goat, and even horse hair.
For more exclusive paintbrushes, the manufacturers will usually use the filament made of sable. However, there’s also synthetic filament, which is the material that is often used for mass paintbrush production. Manufacturers usually use this type of material as they’re more affordable and easy to get.
In this section, we will tell you the process of making paintbrushes, more specifically customer-grade brushes. Generally, this type of paintbrush is made using hog bristle and plastic for the handle.
The very first important step is to mix the bristle. The bristle will be put together in small bundles, which will be held by hand. The bundle usually has a bristle with the same taper ratio and length. To make a proper paintbrush, the bundles have to be mixed together.
Now to make the bristles aligned, we’ll have to use a special machine. This aligning machine usually consists of belts that will move to souffle the bristle together in a back-and-forth movement. The mixing process could take around 10 minutes or more.
When the bristles are finally mixed together, it’s time to put them into a metal ferrule, a band that’s used to attach the bristle. This band is made of metal and usually has an oval shape. Now, to put the bristle in, the process is already automatic as well. The reason to use the machine is to reduce the time needed for production. Putting the bristle manually by hand could take a lot of time, which most manufacturers couldn’t afford.
So, to shorten production time, a specific machine is used to pick the proper amount of bristle and shove them into the ferrule.
Up to this process, the bristle is already combined with the ferrule, although not all the way. The combo will be put down on a conveyor belt. This belt will tap the bristol to go further into the ferrule. After that, the next process is plugging.
In the plugging station, a wooden plug will be added or specifically shoved to the butt side of the ferrule. This end-side is what will be used to attach the part with the handle. Another patting motion will be done to ensure that they are nice and fit.
Now the brushes are finally combined together. Any extensive strain of hair will be pulled by hand by the workers. After that, the butt side of the brush will be added with epoxy using a machine operated by a worker. It’s a manual pump machine that will squirt a bit of epoxy.
Now that the brush head is finally epoxied, it’s time to finally finish the brush head for the next process. Another machine is used to clean the remaining hair that’s not stuck to the epoxy. After that, the brush head will be ready to be attached to the handle.
Oftentimes, paintbrush handles are pre-made and obtained from another manufacturer. However, some companies also make their own handles, which could be more efficient and cost-friendly, with additional time required in the paintbrush-making process.
At this point, we already have the handles and brush heads. It’s time to attach them together. The manufacturers will use another kind of machine to insert the brush heads into the handles. This automatic process will give a push to the brush heads so they can fit nicely into the ferrule. After that, the machine will nail the handles and crimp the ferrule to make sure that the brush head will stay secure.
Most parts of this paintbrush manufacturing are considered recyclable, with a few exceptions. For example, after doing the cutting, handling the handles, or mixing filaments, you might expect dust to start to build up in the machines. So taking care of the dust would be helpful in maintaining the machine’s condition as well as its performance.
Applying some grease on the parts of the machine is also proven to be beneficial in order to maintain its performance. As for the epoxies, they can be dangerous if inhaled too much. So doing some prevention by wearing a mask and making sure that the epoxies are filtered and ducted is necessary.
Other than those, most of the parts are recyclable, like the plastic handles and bristles.
For manufacturers who want to maintain a consistent paintbrush-making process, having paintbrush machines is mandatory. The machines can help to make to smoothen and streamline the process through automation. That way, you may expect a faster, more consistent, and more efficient manufacturing process.
And according to their specific tasks, there are some different types of paintbrush machines used for various purposes. For example, there are tufting machines that are used to make brush tufts and ferrule-making machines to create paintbrush handles.
The general characteristics of these machines should be strong and solid to carry out certain tasks for a period of time. Sure, maintenance is definitely needed in this case, but it’ll be beneficial for manufacturers to have durable machines that can always depend on.
Using the machines is also proven to be cost-effective, at least in the long run. The reason behind it is manufacturers don’t always have to rely on human labor, which could be pretty costly at times. They can still use some helping hands from the staff for operating and maintaining the machines, which is likely the best approach in this condition.
And thanks to their performance, we could always expect consistent product quality, especially for paintbrush manufacturing. As product consistently is a vital part of a business that may pave the road to your success, having the paintbrush machines would be really helpful in this case.
And that’s the way manufacturers make paintbrushes. Long processes are always needed to craft high-quality paintbrushes for many purposes. And if you need manufacturing machinery like this, MX Machinery could be your best solution.
With nearly two decades of experience in this field, MX Machinery is confident to offer the best quality machinery for your business needs. The company has received praise from clients all over the world due to its top priority to deliver the best customer satisfaction.
For more detail about the products, feel free to contact MX Machinery immediately.
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