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Photos: Grit-sucking robot does shipyard dirty work

Posted March 05, 2007 10:36 AM

From CNET News.com:

San Francisco shipyard employs novel robot to make cleaning ships quicker, easier and safer for the environment. Ira Maybaum, general manager of BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair facility, showing a metal surface that's been stripped of paint and particles by the M-3500 robot from Ecosphere Technologies. The robot removes paint by blasting water at a close range at 42,000 pounds per square inch.

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Re: Photos: Grit-sucking robot does shipyard dirty work

03/06/2007 2:21 AM

Dear Sir,

Very interested about your product robot cleaning. May i know more detail about this system and how the operate ?

Rdgs

Zulkifeli Md Yunus

Malaysia

zulkifeli@gmail.com
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Re: Photos: Grit-sucking robot does shipyard dirty work

11/26/2008 12:59 AM

Looks like this will make shipyard workers' lifes a bit easier. Sounds like a great invention.

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http://www.strategicmarine.com/australia.htm
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