As the industry leader in automation of aerospace processes, Pratt & Whitney Automation, Inc., has provided robotic systems used in manufacturing many of the military air and space vehicles in production today.

Painting and Coating
PWA provides engineering, design, validation, installation, training and maintenance of automated manufacturing technology for an entire manufacturing facility or for a single coating or coating removal system. Our experience allows us to design turnkey automated systems that process your product for a total solution to your needs.

PWA engineers can build a digital model of the entire automated coating application process in the virtual world of the computer. We take your requirements through this digital process and validate the PWA approach to meeting your automation needs. This allows us to significantly reduce risk and costs, while ensuring process accuracy and technical viability. The digital model can then be validated through our lab testing to ensure that all of the customer's requirements are met. By using this approach, we can tackle the tough jobs of working with new or exotic materials or manufacturing processes that are not fully defined.

PWA has brought its experience in automated system integration to the production of stealth fighter and bomber aircraft, cruise missiles, UAVs and heavy lift rockets. These large manufacturing systems now rely on PWA turnkey solutions.
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Sealant Dispense
PWA's painting and precision coating experience  is providing the knowledge base for our expansion into aerospace sealant dispense operations.
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Material Removal
PWA technical and engineering personnel have experience integrating material removal systems into new or existing aerospace environments. We provide total or subcomponent integrated systems:

• high pressure water jet coating removal systems (robotic manipulators, booths, water reclamation systems)
• pulse laser coating removal
• media (sand/garnet/plastic/Sodium bicarbonate) blasting removal automated systems or major subcomponents
• automated grinding or polishing of metal and glass (flat or contoured/varying geometry) with 5 or 6 axis robotics, active force compliance, and user interface

PWA has used  its engineering experience in the production of composite and aluminum aircraft panels, radomes, aircraft glass, and helicopter engine containers.
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Material Handling
PWA provides automated assembly systems, machine load/unload systems, active force sensing, robots and servo controlled positioners, vision systems, fixtures, tooling, and computer controls. Complex, repetitive, hazardous, or difficult ergonomic tasks are handled with PWA automated material handling solutions.
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