Why Automation

Safety is what drives our automation innovations. There is an inherent safety hazard associated with personnel handling pressurized lances during the cleaning process. Getting employees out of the line of fire, and on the other side of the safety barricade were the objectives behind the creation of automated tooling. With automation, we are able to reduce crew size, effectively eliminating exposure with reduced man hours. A secondary benefit of automation centers on the adherence to established cleaning standards and procedures. With automation, the ability to set specific hose speed, feed rates and flow settings gives you continuous cleaning at a controlled rate improving quality, value and efficiency. Refinery and petrochemical owners receive these benefits from automation and at the same time see an overall reduction in their total cost of ownership (TCO). The use of automated tooling in place of manual hydroblasting tooling is not a short term trend. Instead, a complete shift in the perspective, practice and expectations of industrial cleaning. Automation may completely eliminate manual hydroblasting methods in the near future because of the tremendous value received from the advancements in hands-free industrial cleaning. Organized and Sponsored by WJTA®-IMCA®