Patent ID: 6119365
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
Automatically operating cleaning installation for removing (treating and/or machining) residues from workpieces, comprising a cleaning station having associated therewith a channel for receiving at least one workpiece to be cleaned, a workpiece transportation device for introducing workpieces to be cleaned into said channel and for removing the cleaned workpieces from said channel, and at least one blow nozzle directed into the interior of said channel and thus onto said workpieces to be cleaned for acting upon said workpieces with a stream of blow air, an air feeder for supplying air to said blow nozzle at a pressure of at most approximately 0.5 bar being connected to said blow nozzle upstream thereof, and said channel including an outlet for withdrawing the used blow air, wherein a steam supplying device for introducing steam into said stream of blow air and a separating device for separating from said used blow air contaminated condensate originating from said steam are provided, said steam supplying device and said air feeder being adapted to one another such that said stream of blow air at said blow nozzle contains at most approximately 25 g steam per m.sup.3 air.