Patent ID: 9592538
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B08B

Claim:
1. A robotic wash system for cleaning a work piece, the robotic wash system comprising: a wash booth comprising a floor, a top wall and one or more side walls, the wash booth defining an interior wash chamber having a maximum linear dimension in a horizontal direction relative to the wash booth; a pre-rinse chamber removably connected to the wash booth; a drying chamber removably connected to the wash booth; a robot fully disposed inside the wash chamber of the wash booth, the robot including a base mounted to the floor and a gripper for grasping the work piece, the robot having a maximum reach in the horizontal direction that is at least 40% of the maximum linear dimension of the wash chamber in the horizontal direction; a process frame mounted in the interior wash chamber of the wash booth, the process frame including a stand with a table having a center opening, the stand mounted at a first side of the robot, the process frame further including a water jet structure mounted thereto at a second side of the robot opposite the first side; a first spray device mounted to the stand inside the interior wash chamber and a second spray device mounted to the water jet structure inside the interior wash chamber and the first and second spray devices are operable to spray fluids, the first spray device including a plurality of air and water nozzles mounted to the table around the center opening, the second spray device being oriented horizontally toward the stand; and a control system connected to the robot and operable to control the robot to perform a cleaning method comprising operating the robot to: move the work piece from the pre-rinse chamber to the wash chamber, move the work piece relative to the first and second spray devices in the wash chamber and move the work piece to the drying chamber.