Cleaning automation - Aircraft engine turbine rotors

Automated Cleaning Robotic System

The example shows a cryo-cleaning system currently in production for a leading aircraft engine manufacturer.

This system uses a proprietary Robot manipulator with an in house designed dry-ice cleaning system to automatically clean aircraft engine turbine rotors.

Owing to the high value of each turbine rotor and the exacting engineering standards employed, the system holds the complete details for each rotor type and can identify each rotor automatically. Only after extensive checking, is the robot allowed to execute the cleaning cycle.

All design and planning is done 'in-house' including the robot programming and the design of operating system and software for the overall control system.

Industrial and Factory Automation