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Citation
(2002), "Metro Machine agrees to purchase UltraStrip robotic paint removal system", Industrial Robot, Vol. 29 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2002.04929faf.005
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Metro Machine agrees to purchase UltraStrip robotic paint removal system
Metro Machine agrees to purchase UltraStrip robotic paint removal system
Keywords: Painting, Cleaning machine
UltraStrip Systems, Inc. has announced that Metro Machine Corporation of Norfolk, VA (“Metro”) has agreed to purchase a high production prototype UltraStrip robotic paint removal system for $2 million. Metro is developing a marine vessel enclosure, paint removal, and coating system (“Metro Ship Coating System”) and will be evaluating the UltraStrip prototype for use in the Metro Ship Coating System (see Plate 4).
“We are pleased that Metro has chosen the UltraStrip hydroblast coating removal robotic equipment as a component of its dry docking system of the future”, said Dr. Robert O. Baratta, President and Chief Executive Officer of UltraStrip Systems. Metro plans to use the UltraStrip technology in its own shipyard and market the Metro Ship Coating System with the UltraStrip technology to other shipyards and ship repair companies.
Plate 4
The UltraStrip robotic paint removal system
UltraStrip develops and manufactures robotic solutions to environmental problems in the surface preparation and coatings removal industry. UltraStrip’s patented robotic hydroblasting systems are designed to provide an environmentally safe coatings removal process in heavy marine applications and above ground storage tanks. The robotic systems represent a significant innovation in the surface preparation of ships and other structures. UltraStrip’s patented systems have been used on the USS Eisenhower, a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and the USS Cole, the U.S. Navy destroyer attacked in Yemen in October 2000, as well as the Lisnave Ship Yard in Portugal, one of the world’s busiest commercial yards for the heavy marine industry.
Information on UltraStrip can be obtained through its Web site: http://www.ultrastrip.com/