Cleaning Aircraft Wheels

Wheel Washing System F-6000LX-P 

The air force needed a system to clean wheels coming off their F-15 fighter jets. Better Engineering supplied this F-6000 jet washer with a universal fixture that can handle any aircraft wheel in their fleet. The fixture holds four (4) wheel halves per cycle.

For each wheel, there are 2 plastic covered posts that go through the center hub (the posts adjust in and out for different wheel diameters) and a spring loaded holder that pushes against the top of the wheel rim to hold it in place. The operator uses the jog button to rotate the turntable to the next fixture position. Once loaded, simply close the door and hit "cycle start".

Features included:
  • Stainless steel construction
  • 60" diameter turntable
  • "Purifier" wrap-around door (55 % of the turntable is in front of the
     doorway for easy loading)
  • Maximum safety; the turntable is not mounted to the door
  • Heated wash stage with 50 HP high pressure pump; outputs 200 GPM
    at 150 PSI
  • Fresh rinse stage; zero discharge
  • "Purifier" filtration includes....slopped tank floor, built-in sludge trap,
     powered oil skimmer.