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Is it automated equipment you are looking for? Let us show you what we can do. This example of an automated shot peening cabinet for turbine engine rotors is only one of the several "special projects" cabinets manufactured in the past few years. Should it be semi-automated or fully automated, CANABLAST can meet your needs for custom-built equipment. |
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We have designed and produced hundreds of automated pneumatic blast systems, ranging in sophistication from continuous and indexing turntable cabinets to machines with computer controls developed specifically for unique production processes. Besides reporting gains in productivity of between 100 and 700 percent, our customers point to enhanced quality control as a major reason for automating with Canablast.
The machine motions, work handling devices and fixtures described here are only a few of the many different forms of automation which have been employed in Pressure Blast equipment. They have been selected to indicate the variety of automation techniques which are available. |
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Inline Conveyors
Inline conveyorized units may incorporate conveyors operating in the horizontal plane. Motion may be constant or indexing, work holding fixtures stationary or rotating. Blast guns may be fixed or moved in any pattern made necessary by the finishing requirements of the workpiece. As the conveyor carries work from the blast chamber, auxiliary processing cabinets are available to blow off residual abrasive, rinse or dry. Automatic loading and unloading capability exists. An extremely versatile type of automatic, the inline conveyorized unit may be considered ideal for wide variety of parts ranging considerably in size, complexity and finishing requirements. |
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Rotary Index
This type of automation involves the use of a rotary index table to which stationary or rotating fixtures may be mounted or to which satellite tables incorporating fixtures may also be mounted. Cabinet interiors are generally baffled to isolate blasting operations from any auxiliary processing operations. Rotary index design lends itself easily to automatic loading and unloading procedures. A highly desirable consideration is the minimized floor space required by this type of installation. The rotary index is ideally suited to the finishing of components where workpiece rotation is desirable, or the workpiece must be presented to stationary or moving blast guns in the number of specific and precise positions. |
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Rotary Basket
The rotary basket represents the ideal solution to the overall finishing of large quantities of parts in bulk. Baskets of various sizes are available driven by variable speed drives. Guns, which are aimed into the open end of the basket, may vary in number but are generally nonmoving. Baskets may be either manually or automatically loaded and unloaded. Arrangements can be made for metered loading, regulating, with considerable precision, the quantity of parts to be processed. The rotary basket machine is ideally suited to the finishing of components, which must be finished over their entire surfaces. |
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Shuttle
The shuttle concept is based on the use of a table fitted with work holding fixtures, which is moved into the blast area and, at the end of the finishing cycle are moved out of the blast area. Movement of the carriage may be manual or automatic. Guns may be fixed or oscillating. Installation generally consists of the blast cabinet with processing operations required after blasting located at the entrance, the exit or both. The shuttle design is generally utilized for work pieces with close tolerance finishing operations in which blast gun positioning is tightly controlled. |
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