Abstract: A tool and method for cleaning the interior of a freight container of ISO type. The tool having a framework, a robot movably connected to the framework and provided with a nozzle for supplying dry ice. The robot and the nozzle are adapted to clean the interior of the container by means of dry ice blasting. An actuating unit is arranged to move the robot between the framework and the interior of the container. The tool is a portable unit and has a size and a design that allows a truck adapted for gripping and carrying freight containers of ISO type to grip and carry the tool in order to move the tool to and from the container to be cleaned.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 5, 2010
Publication date:
November 1, 2012
Applicant:
IBC ROBOTICA AB
Inventors:
Kerstin Eriksson, Erik Jansson, Anders Thunell, Ingemar Reyier