BACKGROUND
The company is a 50 year old manufacturer of rubber products. They make high quality gaskets, washers, grommets, caps, etc.
PROBLEM
After the rubber pieces are removed from the molds, they are frozen with liquid nitrogen and then shaken to break off the excess material. The excess material breaks off in tiny pieces known as "flash"...this flash sticks to the rubber pieces and has to be washed off. The customer was placing the rubber pieces in nylon sacks and putting these sacks in washers and dryers normally found in a Laundromat...the process was too slow and ineffective for a company producing 1,000,000 parts per hour.
 SOLUTION
Better Engineering designed a conveyor washer that automatically accepts parts from the customer's "shaker", moves the rubber pieces through wash and dry zones, and then dumps clean/dry parts into a bin. The system has a "precision belt" that can hold parts as small as 3/16" in diameter. Approx. 8" above the belt, there is a perforated cover to prevent the parts from blowing off the conveyor belt. With this cover, parts can be blown around like popcorn to insure 100% cleanliness
SYSTEM
A C-24 Cyber-Jet system with a recirculated wash module and a heated dry module...the system is furnished with a platform so the load/unload heights match the customer's other equipment...sweepers on the unload end knock-off any parts that are stuck in the belt mesh.
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