US Patent Issued to ENGINEERED ABRASIVES on May 27 for "Part processing and cleaning apparatus and method of same" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,503, issued on May 27, was assigned to ENGINEERED ABRASIVES INC. (Alsip, Ill.).

"Part processing and cleaning apparatus and method of same" was invented by Michael J. Wern (Alsip, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A part processing apparatus and method is disclosed that includes a media-blasting apparatus and a cleaning apparatus. The media-blasting apparatus is configured to blast a stream of media against a surface of a part, and the cleaning apparatus is configured to clean debris or particles from the surface of the part. The cleaning apparatus includes a first spray-and-wash unit, a first ultrasonic wash unit, a second ultraso...