Lagupres Group winner of the second edition of the We Pioneer Awards

January 2021

On 10/12/2020 we were named winners of the 2nd edition of the We pioneer awards organised by CEPSA on safety and innovation for the project for the robotisation of exchanger cleaning. The event, held at the Cepsa Tower in Madrid, brought together the 3 finalists from a total of 34 projects submitted.

The Lagupres project consists of robotising the cleaning of fixed plate heat exchangers, with the aim of minimising the risk to which the worker is exposed and improving the quality and productivity of the work.

How is the process robotised?

Through a metallic structure bolted to the flange of the exchangers or furnaces, the robot is mounted, which will be connected to the high-pressure hoses and will move in the X and Y coordinates necessary to insufflate the necessary pressure to unblock each pipe of the equipment. This robot is operated by means of a remote control that can be operated with one hand.

In parallel to this, a PLC collects the movements that we are marking in the cleaning of the equipment, so that we can leave the cleaning of this equipment programmed for future interventions and that only requires the assembly of the manoeuvre of this robot and search for the file containing its programming.

At Lagupres we remain strongly committed to safety and innovation as two of the fundamental pillars of the company.

→ Consult this link for more information on the project