Volvo Aero Support Installs Vacu-Blast "Waffle-Floor" Robotic Blastroom

Author:  News Release from Vacu-Blast International
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 8 / Issue 3, Fall 1994
Doc ID:  1994059
Year of Publication:  1994
Abstract:  
Volvo Aero Support has recently installed a new robotic blasting plant at its facility in Arboga, Sweden, based on a Vacu-Blast 3.5m x 3.5m x 3.5m blast enclosure featuring a "Waffle Floor" pneumatic media recovery system. The plant is used on one of the company's major process lines for the automatic surface preparation of a variety of Pratt & Whitney JT8D, JT9D, and PW100 aeroengine components prior to thermal spraying.