AUTOMATED BARREL PANEL TRANSFER AND PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus (10) and process for separating, transporting and cleaning the edges of panels (28) are disclosed. The apparatus consists of a shuttle (22) that receives pannels (28) from a stack (16) of pannels. The pannels are held by clamps (72, 74a and 74b) as the shuttle is moved in two directions (Fig 1) positioning the pannels for the cleaning process. the cleaning process comprises bombardment of the surface of the pannels (28) by Carbon Dioxide particles and surface abrasion.