BACKGROUND
This manufacturer is a major international supplier of jet engines throughout the world. This particular facility in England is cleaning both new and rebuilt fan case housings, static compressor parts and rotatives. The parts had previously been hand cleaned using several methods, which included the use of trichloroethylene vapor degreasing for new parts during manufacturing, hand cleaning with paraffins, and soaking in a kerosene solution.
PROBLEM
The main concerns of the customer were: a) the system had to be easy to load with a crane ... some parts are 6 feet in diameter, b) the inner diameters of the cylindrical parts had to be absolutely clean and, c) all residual detergent had to be rinsed off.
 SOLUTION
Build a front loading spray washer with an 80" diameter turntable and 60" work height. Design the system with two (2) holding tanks (a wash tank and a rinse tank) plus a fresh water rinse. Install a fully automatic center manifold to clean the inner diameters of the parts ... a sensor makes the manifold retract if it ever touches a part. Two of these systems were installed.
SYSTEM
Stainless steel F-8000 LX-PCS ís with automatic center drop cleaning manifolds. These machines are equipped with the following: 200 gal. wash and rinse tanks, two 15 hp seal-less pumps, 60" inside vertical clearance, 80" turntable diameter, 2500 lbs. capacity, nonrecirculating fresh rinse cycle, and a hot air drying system. Both systems utilized steam to heat the holding tanks.
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