Whether you’re spot-welding, powder coating or plating you require a truly clean surface, but oxygen contaminants are pervasive on factory floors in the aerospace, medical and electronics industries.
In the video above, we talk about how automation is leading the charge with new technologies for surface preparation with David Jackson, president at CleanLogix.
“With a CO2 composite spray generator, we take CO2 gas, compress it and then cool it to form a spray,” explained Jackson. “What’s cool about the technology is that we use a very small amount of CO2 and we propel it with compressed air.”
The CO2 is fired as five to 10 micron particles and used to jet off residues such as particles, fingerprints and machining oils to produce a pristine surface.
When the CO2 particles impact the surface of an object, they either become liquid for high-pressure solvent spray cleaning or the particles break apart and remain solid to carry away residue on the surface.
CleanLogix has used this technology to prepare parts such as disk drives, airbag canisters for welding and samples for spark plug fabrication, to name just a few.
“This technique works really well in precision applications,” said Jackson. “What we’re doing is preparing surfaces for subsequent precision fabrication processes and so we must get the surface clean.”
In the video above, we see the CleanLogix solution fixed to a Universal Robots series UR model collaborative robot.
“The reason we chose this robot was because it was so simple to program,” explained Jackson. “With a simple programming environment, you can teach the robot spray paths and easily change patterns. It’s also ideal in confined spaces and high mix environments.”
For more information about the CO2 composite spray generator solution from CleanLogix, watch the video above and visit the CleanLogix website.