Like just about everywhere else in the world, time is money when it comes to metalworking. While traditional beveling methods (such as grinding wheels, belt sanders, manual filing or inserts) have been used for decades, they come with a range of hidden costs that eat into your productivity, budget, and worker safety.
It’s time to shine a light on these costs, and discover why switching to Beveltools may be the smartest investment you can make as a metalworker.
Manual Labor Fatigue and Safety Risks
Old method: Grinding wheels and handheld abrasives produce intense vibrations, dust, and sparks. These not only wear down the tools quickly, but wear out your operators even faster.
Beveltools solutions: All Beveltools machines are designed to be virtually vibration-free, dust-free, and easy to maneuver. This drastically reduces physical strain and the risk of long-term health conditions like HAVS (Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome).
Learn more about HAVS here: Hand arm vibration at work. The seriousness of this disability should not be understated.
Time-Consuming Rework
Old method: Most conventional methods require several steps: beveling, deburring, sanding, and then polishing to remove imperfections.
Beveltools solutions: With our patented cutters, the result is immediately smooth and consistent, even on complex edges. For example, clients like shipbuilders and Cobot manufacturers have reported savings of over 40 hours on projects that take a few weeks, just from switching to Beveltools. The time saved is not only due to the more efficient workflow, but also because of fewer cutter changes than inserts, for example, and the ability of our cutters to finish an edge in only one pass. How can our cutters do that? More on that below.
Tool and Cutter Wear
Old method: Standard grinding bits and belts wear quickly, and inserts break quickly, something that is quite common on harder materials like stainless steel. They require frequent replacement, leading to annoying downtime.
Beveltools solutions: Our cutters are engineered for durability, handling up to hundreds of meters of beveling and rounding* per cutter, with fast and easy change-outs thanks to our spindle-locking system. What sets our cutters apart is our patented cutter geometry. Instead of slashing into the material like traditional tools, the carbide cutting edges glide through the metal in a smooth, sweeping motion.
*The actual distance that our cutters can be used for varies wildly, depending on factors like: the type and quality of the material, the shape and dimension of the workpieces, operator experience and the tool settings. We have even heard of customers who were able to bevel more than a kilometer on one cutter — that is no easy feat!
Low Precision = Weak Welds
Old method: Inadequate beveling doesn’t just look sloppy, it could lead to costly failures down the line. A proper bevel makes it easier for the welder to create a weld.
Beveltools solutions: Beveltools cutters create exact angles (15°–60°) and radii (R1–R8), ensuring maximum surface contact for welding, coatings, and assembly. It’s no wonder our tools are trusted in high-performance sectors like offshore engineering, shipbuilding, and precision robotics.
Material Waste and Heat Damage
Old method: Grinding and high-friction methods can warp or overheat your material, especially with aluminum and stainless steel. That means more scrap and potential product failure.
Beveltools solutions: With Beveltools, chips fall directly to the ground and the material remains cool, even without lubrication. For even more control, options like the TEBI 4.0 inverted table cutter are available, perfect for delicate work or high-volume production.
Harder to Scale Your Workflow
Old method: When you rely on a manual process, scaling your operation becomes a nightmare, especially if different operators get inconsistent results. This might result in having to do costly rework.
Beveltools solutions: Beveltools offers tools to improve consistency, whether you're rounding 2.5mm stainless steel with the Mini Mite™ in a TEBI 4.0 or beveling 12mm structural steel with the Bevel Mate® EBA 3.0.
Ready to Save Time, Improve Quality and Comfort?
Your beveling and rounding process doesn’t have to be a bottleneck. Whether you work in shipbuilding, fabrication, automotive, or robotics. Beveltools offers a cost effective and easy to use range of machines and cutters.
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