A robotic wash cell including a six-axis robotic arm and end effector
equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at
high-pressure to clean or debur objects by maintaining the nozzles in
close proximity and substantially normal to each surface being cleaned or
edge being deburred. The robotic cell wash is particularly useful for
cleaning contaminants such as oil and grease from items having more
complex shapes. The six-axis robotic arm positions the nozzles and their
sprays substantially normal to each surface being cleaned or deburred.
The nozzles produce a multi-zone spray pattern with a continuous
effective cleaning zone. A water recycling and pressurizing system
collects the used water, separates out the oil and grease contaminants to
a level of about 5 ppm, and pressurizes the pure water to about 3,000 psi
for washing operations or about 6,000 psi for deburring operations.