Customer Background
Customer is a precision CNC machining company serving automotive, heavy equipment, and off-highway industries, specializing in complex, high-volume components. For transmission manufacturers, it delivers parts with tight tolerances and cleanliness standards where even small residue can impact performance.
Challenge
Transmission components have complex geometries and tight tolerances, making thorough cleaning of oils, chips, and contaminants challenging. The customer needed a system to efficiently clean Allison Transmission channels with light soils after leak testing. Parts require consistent cleanliness with strict limits on particle size (≤800 µm) and total residue mass (≤70 mg), while minimizing water spotting and ensuring fast production of 1.75–2 minutes per part.
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Solution
The Aquamaster CI-2808F conveyorized index parts washer meets these requirements by combining a heated wash with a heated blowoff, precisely timed conveyor indexing, and custom UHMW fixtures that hold parts securely for optimal cleaning and drainage. The system’s automated controls, adjustable conveyor speed, and safety interlocks ensure consistent part quality and operator safety.
Cleaning Method
Parts are washed with heated solution sprayed from multiple angles, followed by high-velocity heated air knives and timed compressed air cycles to remove residual moisture. RO-quality water, lower wash chemistry concentration, and slow indexing help prevent water spotting while delivering as-dry-as-possible parts ready for assembly or shipping.
