I&T Solution

Reference No.

S-0314

Solution Name

Robotic Steam Boiler Tube Cleaning and Inspection System

Solution Description

Disinfection and sterilization process to kill bacteria, viruses and microorganisms are essential for surgical tools and healthcare linen before their use for medical procedures. The hospital steam boiler system which operates around the clock and supplies steam to meet the sterilizing and catering needs of the hospital. To uphold the performance of the steam boilers, regular cleaning of fire tubes is necessary to remove deposit build-up thereby enhancing heat transfer and reducing fuel consumption as well as preventing metal surface from corrosion. The existing cleaning procedure involves considerable manual handling operations potentially leading to repetitive muscle strain injury and dust inhalation. In addition, the cleaning consistency and the health condition of the fire tube could not be validated readily.

Application Areas

Health

Technologies Used

Robotic Process Automation

Use Case

We propose to develop an automatic cleaning and inspection of steam boiler's fire tubes system which can be easily mobilized and applied to boilers of different models and sizes in different hospitals and medical laundries. The system should be able to process the cleaning and inspection works without manual control by automatic boiler and fire tube positioning. During the tube cleaning process, firetubes deposits have to be vacuumed simultaneously whereas flaw detection of fire tube should be carries out with non-destructive testing method. The acquired data can be remotely accessed wirelessly. It should present the inspection results in graphical format with condition photos to facilitate the boiler life span estimation.

Company / Organisation Name

Welbot Technology Limited

Email Address

jonny@welbot-tech.com

Telephone Number

3613 0688

Website

https://welbot-tech.com

Address

Rm 735, 7/F,No. 19 Science Park West Avenue, Hong Kong Science Park

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