Robotic Cleaning Machines Keep Employees Out of Job Site Danger Zones

Cleaning heat exchangers, evaporators, condensers, process-piping and other industrial-processing equipment is a risky proposition for employees of industrial cleaning contractors. That’s why Seneca Waste Solutions, a division of Seneca Companies that’s based in Des Moines, Iowa, invested $325,000 in three remote-controlled, automated tube-bundle cleaning systems made by StoneAge Inc.The automated units, which are paired with Jetstream (a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corp.) and NLB Corp. hydroblasting equipment, are operated by wireless technology. That allows employees to be physically removed from high-pressure blasting zones and other potential hazards that loom while working with machines that generate intense, high-pressure water streams ranging from