Challenge
A US-based automotive manufacturer hired Better Engineering to create an eco-friendly cleaning system for their proprietary EV powertrain components. These components featured intricate aluminum passages that required precise, repeatable cleaning to meet strict performance and quality standards. The customer also needed a solution that supported both current manual workflows and future automation goals, ensuring long-term adaptability. Additionally, the system had to align with the company’s sustainability initiatives, demanding reduced resource consumption and advanced filtration without compromising effectiveness. This combination of technical complexity, environmental expectations, and operational flexibility created a demanding engineering challenge.
Approach
Better Engineering’s commitment to collaboration and customization shines through in this close-work with our customers to create a truly unique C-24 indexing conveyor washer. The engineering team worked closely with the manufacturer to understand the precision cleaning requirements of their proprietary EV powertrain components, ensuring the system would effectively clean complex internal passageways. By incorporating an indexing conveyor with specialized fixtures, the design provided controlled, repeatable movement through wash, rinse, dry, and cool-down stages. The solution was further tailored to support both manual and fully automated loading and unloading, giving the customer flexibility as production needs evolve. Throughout the process, sustainability remained a priority, guiding the integration of micron-level filtration and energy-efficient operation to meet the plant’s environmental goals.
Results
The customized C-24 indexing conveyor washer successfully delivered an eco-friendly, production-ready cleaning system tailored for the manufacturer’s proprietary EV powertrain components. The hybrid design enabled both manual and fully automated loading and unloading, giving the customer flexibility to integrate the system into existing workflows and future automation plans. Precision spray manifolds effectively cleaned complex aluminum block passageways, ensuring consistent quality that met stringent OEM standards. To support the company’s sustainability goals, the system incorporated micron-level filtration and efficient resource management, reducing waste while maintaining high-performance operation. Ultimately, the solution provided a reliable, efficient, and environmentally aligned cleaning process that strengthened the customer’s EV powertrain manufacturing capabilities.
Conclusion
The C-24 series part washing system is designed specifically for cleaning EV powertrain components. You can load and unload
the system either manually or by using full automation on both ends. The system features a chain conveyor with special fixtures
that moves the aluminum block sections through wash, rinse, dry, and cool-down sections. It is made of stainless steel and is equipped with precision spray manifolds that clean critical passageways. Additionally, the system is equipped with micron-level filtration, a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and full system monitoring to ensure optimal efficiency and accuracy.
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