Automated finishing system
Installation of an automated surface-finishing system with a pair of custom-built Hodge Clemco blast cabinets is reported to have significantly improved production of rotor coils for turbo-generators at the Loughborough factory of Brush Electrical Machines.
Brush manufacture generators for gas and steam turbine drive. The UK factory produces air-cooled DAX two-pole turbo-generators up to 120MVA output.
The Hodge Clemco blast cabinets are linked to an automatic feed system designed by Rotary Engineering, which has tripled throughput, improved working conditions and resulted in a better and more consistent finish.
As well as the blast cabinets and feed conveyor, the system incorporates abrasive hopper, abrasive cleaning and dust collection equipment in a single integrated unit.
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