C&C Marine opens indoor painting and robotic blasting facility
C&C Marine and Repair, Louisiana has announced the opening of a new indoor, climate-controlled paint and blast facility. The new facility can accommodate components up to around 97 m x 22 m x 6 m on a production area of 80.000 m2. The fully enclosed, climate-controlled environment allows for uninterrupted operation the whole year.
The fully automated blasting robots use steel grit as the blast medium, which is blasted uniformly across the surface of the barge.
The facility’s enclosure houses two robotic blasters, each with two oscillating nozzles that continuously blast the components from the top and sides. A separate bottom-blasting robot, blasts the bottom surfaces. Each blasting robot is capable of blasting 2,000 m2/h. The steel grit blast medium also provides a superior surface for paint adhesion and bonding. The indoor facility prevents overspray, contamination and run-off of paint and blast media into adjacent waterways. The facility’s state-of-the-art air filtration system collects and encapsulates over 99% of all airborne particulates associated with the blast and paint process. The steel grit blast particles are continually recycled and reused throughout the blasting process. The result is one of the most environmentally safe blasting alternatives available in the barge and marine industry. “The great thing about this technology is that, in addition to being faster, more efficient and environmentally safer, it also creates a safer work environment for our employees,” said Mike Wade, manager of blasting operations at C&C.
Further information: www.ccmrepair.com