ZERO Automation - Clemco Industries Corp.

Automated
Air Blast
Systems
Position and Aim
ZERO Automation can save you time and money — our
systems are the choice of production managers around
the globe to meet the demand for higher, more efficient
work processes and output. Managers choose ZERO
Automation for jobs that call for precision and repeatability, impossible in manual operations. ZERO Automation
can significantly reduce the risk of repetitive motion
injuries by minimizing the operator’s role in the blasting
process.
Our systems will enhance your efficiencies and boost
your throughput capacity, alleviating production
bottlenecks. From simple nozzle oscillation to
purpose-built enclosures, ZERO Automation combines
proven technology with the latest parts handling and
control devices. Each system is designed and built to suit
our customer’s application — even the paint color can be
custom-specified.
While automated systems require a greater initial investment than manual cabinets, depending upon your application, your investment can quickly pay for itself in labor
savings and efficiencies. With a variety of available technologies, ZERO Automation can be designed to accommodate most budgets.
The complexities of air use, blast control, media delivery, and recovery are easily handled by a PLC
(Programmable Logic Controller) providing precise
application of manufacturing processes from titanium
drill bits to jet engine turbines.
ZERO Automation combines the sophistication required by the application, the desired production rate, and the budget. Our available technologies
include multi-axis robotics, both for parts handling
and nozzle articulation, proximity sensors, video
monitors for real time visual inspection, and multistage cabinets to clean, then automatically finish
parts in a single pass.
Planning
Our free sample processing service helps you
determine if automation is right for your operation.
You supply representative parts and we process them
using various parameters — media, pressure, angle,
distance, part movement, blast duration. We encourage customers to visit our lab to participate in processing their parts. Following processing, we return
the parts, along with a detailed report on how each
was processed. Once sample processing demonstrates
that blasting can produce the desired result, our sales
engineers divide the process into its basic elements.
• positioning the part — create parts handling
compatible with existing systems
• aiming the nozzle(s) — fixed, oscillating, or
robotic-arm mounted
• managing the media — effectively recover and
clean the blast media
• controlling the process — simple cycle timers,
PLCs, or custom software
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Manage and Control
Managing Media
To be cost effective, an automated blast system must
efficiently and effectively utilize the appropriate technology to recover and clean the blast media, and return it to
the blast system for re-use.
Technology
Application
Cyclone Reclaimer
Separate fine to medium mesh and
lightweight media from dust and
debris. Works with most media,
including glass bead, aluminum
oxide, and plastic.
Air-Wash Separator
Separate coarse and heavy media
from dust and debris. Used with
steel grit and shot. Often includes
a scalping drum to screen particles
by size.
Silicon carbide media through multiple blast nozzles ensure
uniform material removal from glass billets.
Vibratory Separator/ Screen clean media by mesh size,
Classifier
and remove dust and oversize
particles. Used wherever operating
mix is critical.
Magnetic Separator
Remove ferrous particles from
non-ferrous media or remove
non-ferrous particles from steel
grit or shot.
Dense-Particle
Separator
Remove high-density particles that
could damage a delicate surface.
Used with lightweight media
(plastic, starch, etc.)
Media Monitoring
Includes assorted technologies,
from automatic media-add sensors
in hoppers to sophisticated
particle-stream controls in the
metering system to precisely
control the volume and quality of
the blast media.
Powered pinch roller conveyor
holds and moves parts through
the blast process
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R O D S H I E L D S G N U T S & B O LT S G P I P E S G P O S TA G E M E T E R S G R A D I ATO R S G R E F R I G B L A D E S G S PA R K P L U G S G S P R I N G S G S TA I N L E S S S T E E L T U B I N G G S TA I N L E S S S T E E L
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Automation
Applications
Manufacturing &
Remanufacturing
Automobiles,
Trucks and
Motorcycles
Shot peen engine components,
springs, calipers, and other highstress parts to enhance fatigue
strength and reduce fret cracking.
Peen cylinder walls after honing to
improve oil retention. Peen
injector nozzles for greater
strength. Clean corrosion from raw
materials and rebuilt components.
Clean and finish castings. Deflash
plastic parts. Deburr metals and
degloss plastics and composites to
reduce reflective glare. Etch
tracing data onto glass and metal
components.
Consumer
Products
Prep parts for coating. Deflash
plastic parts. Depaint products for
rework. Blend and finish dissimilar
materials. Remove tool marks from
stainless steel products.
Aerospace
Shot peen landing gear and other
high-stress components.
Aerospace and
Appliance
Use lightweight non-aggressive
media to remove paint or powder
coatings from parts to allow
corrosion control inspection or
rework.
Fabrication and
Machine Shops
Remove rust and mill scale from
raw stock and prep weld joints.
Tube and Pipe
Clean or peen ID and OD. Deburr
threaded couplings to eliminate
galling and binding.
Glass and Stone
Etch designs and lettering onto
surfaces. (Eliminates caustic
solutions.) Mill thick glass blocks
to remove residual stress. Clean
glass molds to ensure consistent
products.
Electronics
Etch chips, deflash circuit boards,
and clean contacts.
Oversized sections of industrial pipe
have the rust and mill scale removed
prior to fabrication.
Copier rollers are
prepped for coating
using aluminum oxide
in a fully automated
blast system.
Parts are prepped for paint in a straight-line belt conveyor
machine, which is integrated into the production line. This is a
fully automated load, blast, paint and drying system.
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Special Guns, Nozzles, and More
Clemco makes an unmatched variety of nozzles, and specialty tools to cover just about any part you need to process. Wide-spray nozzles
produce a larger, more uniform blast pattern. Angle nozzles, rotating nozzles and pipe blast nozzles go where conventional nozzles can’t reach.
Sophisticated
blast nozzle
manipulation is
achieved through
the use of this
articulated
robotic arm
Nozzles can be easily arrayed to suit work
piece processing requirements
Clemco components are fabricated to achieve optimal flexibility.
This rotating
blast nozzle
array keeps
reconfiguration
of workpieces
to a minimum
by allowing
360° coverage.
This sophisticated
blast nozzle boom
maintains a
precise distance
as it cleans space
shuttle booster
rockets between
missions.
Sound Attenuation
Custom Fixturing
Depending on your requirements, our engineers can locate and muffle the air inlet and
exhaust and apply sound-deadening foam to
reduce noise levels outside the cabinet.
Clemco can provide custom fixtures for
masking or holding parts that move
through the cabinet.
Alox Kits
Your investment is protected from aggressive
media with rubber curtains for the cabinet,
lined flex-hose for the recovery system, and
rubber lining for the reclaimer.
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Parts Handling Tailored
to the Application
Continuous table automation features acoustical
foam for noise control; rotary nozzle head drive and
reclaim fill door are easily accessed from above;
safety cage provides full protection.
An automated
indexing cabinet
for tall, linear
parts features a
part-holding
clamp system
and light curtain
safety device to
shut down the
machine if an
operator or
object should
move into the
rotating table
area.
Through-feed conveyor machine with
powered rollers and oscillating nozzles
automates the blasting of heavy parts.
The interior of tubular
material is easily handled and
blasted with this machine. A
special adaptor seals the connection
between the blast hose and tubing to
contain the blast media ensuring a
clean work area. A catch cabinet
captures spent media for reuse.
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Shot peening machine with
custom paint, vertical nozzle
oscillation and vibratory
classifier precisely and
simultaneously processes the
interior and exterior of parts.
Special pressureblast tumble-belt
machine uses
nozzle traverse
mechanism for
parts cleaning.
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