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Robotic Glass Bead System Meets Peening Specs
Guyson Corp.���s RB-9 robotic blast system is specially adapted
for glass bead peening in NADCAP-compliant manufacturing and
overhaul operations that must perform the surface enhancement
process according to AMS 2432 peening specifications, including
peening of stage-one titanium fan blades.
The seven-axis glass bead peening machine incorporates a
Fanuc M-10iA or comparable robot as a blast gun manipulator and
a servo-motor drive that orients the machine���s turntable as a coordinated auxiliary axis of robotic motion. During a peening cycle,
the robotic blast system constantly maintains the correct nozzle
angle, offset and surface speed as it traces the contours of the part.
The Fanuc robot design features a hollow wrist that enables the
suction-blast gun���s air and media hoses, as well as the separate
blow-off nozzle���s air supply hose to be routed through the arm of
the robotic nozzle manipulator.
The system includes a 36-inch-diameter, 500-lb weight capacity
rotary table with T-slots that is mounted on a powered transfer
cart to facilitate installation and changing of component-holding
fixtures. The 48 �� 48 �� 48-inch glass bead peening cabinet features
a rubber-flapped and covered channel in the roof of the blasting
enclosure, and a 500-lb-capacity, roof-mounted jib crane to ease
loading and unloading of heavy components.
In addition to a cyclone separator for removal of dust and fines,
the RB-9���s peening shot reclamation system includes a vibratory
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screen classifier to maintain strict control over shot sizing and a
spiral separator to prevent non-spherical or fractured beads from
being fed to the blast gun.
Guyson Corp. of U.S.A., call 800-228-7894 or visit guyson.com.