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Send in the Robots

By Eric Haun hen designing and constructing a new blast tomers, the environment and the yard itself.

and paint facility at its yard in Belle Chasse, Robotic blasting, although a crucial component of the

La., C&C Marine and Repair set out to create facility today, wasn’t always part of the picture. “Initially,

W a safe, ef? cient and environmentally friendly worksite that the plan was to build a new indoor blast and paint facility would deliver a high-quality product. with a state-of-the-art ? ltration system with the blasting

Fifteen months and 131 barges later, C&C Marine has done by hand,” Cibilich says.

nearly doubled its capacity as the facility and its robotic Sometimes plans change. C&C Marine, while research- blasting technology continually meet and exceed expecta- ing blast techniques, discovered Blastman Robotics, a tions, says Tony Cibilich, president and owner of C&C Finnish company that manufactures robots to blast rail

Marine and Repair, who sees a long list of bene? ts for cus- cars and containers. “After meeting with Blastman, we

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