GE Aviation has acquired a United Kingdom-based manufacturer that builds snake-arm robots for work in confined and hazardous areas. <\/p>\n
Terms of the deal to acquire OC Robotics were not disclosed. <\/p>\n
The robots are typically used in hazardous and hard-to-get to confined areas for inspections, repairs and cleaning in the aerospace, construction, nuclear, petrochemical and security industries, GE said in a statement. <\/p>\n
GE will use the technology for work on jet engines, a company official said. The snake armed robots can stretch more than nine feet and bend more than 180 degrees, GE Aviation said. <\/p>\n
OC Robotics will play an important role in how we service our customers engines, Jean Lydon-Rodgers, GE Aviation Services vice president and general manager, said in a statement Monday. <\/p>\n
OC Robotics, which started two decades ago and is located in Bristol, England, has worked for more than a decade to develop the technology, officials said. <\/p>\n
For 15 years, OC Robotics invested heavily to develop snake-arm robot technologies, and the aviation industry has always been a target area for this technology, Andy Graham, OC Robotics director, said in a statement. <\/p>\n
GE Aviation operates the $51 million Electrical Power Integrated Services Center, opened in 2013, on the University of Dayton campus and produces aircraft parts at a facility in Vandalia. The company report revenues of $26 billion in 2016 and employs 44,000 employees, including 9,000 in southwest Ohio, said company spokeswoman Deborah Case. <\/p>\n
OC Robotics was a privately held company and revenues were not immediately released. <\/p>\n
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