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Title: A Big Machine WITH A LEAN ATTITUDE
Author: The Shot Peener Staff
Source: TSP, Vol 22 / Issue 4, Fall 2008
Publication year 2008
Document number: 2008034
Number of pages: 3
Abstract:
Product Review Blast Cleaning Machine
Engineered Abrasives, Alsip, Illinois, has constructed one of the biggest rotary index machines in manufacturing history. The machine will clean
the internal oil passages and the entire external surface of V6 aluminum engine blocks at an incredible speed of 90 engine blocks per hour. The
machine, built to customer specifications, is 45 ft. tall, weighs over 40 tons and was completed in seven months. Engineered Abrasives not only had to meet customer specs
but also had to design a large machine that would be built in-house, disassembled, transported and reassembled at the customer’s site. Engineered Abrasives skillfully
handled that mammoth task, too. The machine was designed with seven major components that could be shipped on three trucks. Every part was marked on blueprints and
photographed. The disassembly took seven days and Engineered Abrasives’ staff supervised the three week installation. Engineered Abrasives then provided on-site training
that included nozzle alignment, preventative maintenance, changing of Sweco screens, hose replacement and more.
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