An Advanced Robotic Shot Peening Cell

Author:  Darko Hočevar and Aljaž Molek, FerroECOBlast
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 32, Issue 1, Winter 2018
Doc ID:  2018007
Year of Publication:  2018
Abstract:  
INTRODUCING THE ASP 1200 ECO: The FerroECOBlast “ASP1200 ECO” automatic robotized peening cell was designed and built for a customer in Asia who uses it during the service procedure for shot peening aircraft landing gears. The cell satisfies and even exceeds the demanding requirements of various SAE / AMS standards and requirements in aviation industries, which is facilitated by advanced, computer-based systems. In shot peening, it is important that the cell provides a repeatable process, i.e., peening the same places from the same distance, with the same speed of nozzle movement, the same pressure, and the same flow of the abrasive. A very important additional factor in the whole system is purification, the elimination of inadequate peening material. It is important that there is no waste in the medium, and that the peening beads are not damaged or broken, which is enabled by the use of various components in the recycling tower, such as different vibration screens, magnetic separators, and spiral separators.