Custom industrial brushes are essential tools across a range of industries. From removing debris to polishing delicate components, these brushes serve critical functions. Off-the-shelf options work for some applications, but many operations require brushes made to match specific dimensions, environments, or processes. This is where custom industrial brushes offer value.
Cocker-Weber Brush Company has supplied American-made brushes for over a century, producing solutions for manufacturers, packaging facilities, laboratories, and more. Each brush is built with precision and durability in mind.
What Are Custom Industrial Brushes?
Custom industrial brushes are created to exact specifications. That includes choosing the bristle material, brush shape, trim length, bristle density, and mounting options. Some jobs call for brushes that fit into tight or irregular spaces. Others need a certain filament stiffness or resistance to heat, solvents, or abrasion. In these cases, customized brushes allow for optimal performance where standard brushes fall short.
Cocker-Weber makes it easy to match the brush to the job. Customers can submit drawings or describe their application, and the team will review all requirements—including brush shape, construction method, bristle material, filament length, core diameter, and arbor hole size. Every brush is produced in-house for quality and consistency. We also offer refurbishment services, helping extend the life of existing brush cores.
Applications include cleaning conveyor belts, prepping surfaces for coatings, static control, and product sorting.
Brush Shapes: Cylinder, Disk, and Wheel
The shape of a brush affects its function. Below are three of the most commonly requested types:
Cylinder Brush
A cylinder brush is a versatile design featuring bristles mounted around a central core. These brushes can be configured with straight rows, spiral patterns, or herringbone arrangements depending on the application. They are widely used for sweeping, scrubbing, spreading, or cleaning continuous surfaces—such as in conveyor systems, bottling lines, or sheet material processing. The row arrangement, filament type, and brush diameter all influence how the brush performs in specific environments.
Disk Brush
Disk brushes are circular and flat, with bristles radiating outward from the center. They’re used for polishing, light sanding, static dissipation, and precision cleaning. The brush face can be adjusted for diameter, hole size, and bristle density. Disk brushes often rotate horizontally and make contact with surfaces from above or below, depending on the setup.
Wheel Brush
A wheel brush features radial bristle alignment around a rotating hub. These brushes are often found in surface prep, weld cleaning, paint removal, or rust stripping operations. They can be aggressive or soft, depending on the chosen bristle material. Wheel brushes are mounted on grinders, drills, or automated machines.
Each of these brush styles can be made with natural or synthetic bristles, and can be constructed using staple-set, drawn-in-wire, or epoxy-set methods.
Materials Used
The performance of a brush depends on its materials. Cocker-Weber offers a wide range of options, including:
- Natural fibers such as Chungking bristle, horsehair, tampico, and goat hair for fine polishing and non-abrasive cleaning.
- Synthetic filaments like nylon, polypropylene, and abrasive-filled plastics are used for general cleaning, durability, and moisture resistance.
- Metal wires including carbon steel, stainless steel, brass, and bronze, for heavy-duty tasks like rust removal or pipe cleaning.
Cores can be made from wood, plastic, steel, or aluminum, depending on strength and environmental needs.
Get Started
To request a quote or begin the custom brush process, contact Cocker-Weber Brush today. Whether you need a cylinder brush for conveyor systems, a disk brush for polishing, or a wheel brush for surface prep, Cocker-Weber is a trusted partner in custom brush manufacturing.