Automated cleaning validation swabbing

Perfect swabs.
Every vessel.
No one in the tank.

SWAB-E robotically swabs your vessels and confined spaces with validated consistency — so you can prove clean without risking your people, your batch, or your brand.

Swabbot introduction video

Your intro video sits here today — the new 60–120s SWAB-E demo takes this slot when it's built.

$4,000+to certify a single manual swabber — and consistency still varies
48M+Americans affected by food-borne illness every year
1 bad batchis all it takes to trigger a recall and lose customer trust

The problem

Manual swabbing is the biggest variable in your validation

You run a controlled process — then prove it clean with a human on a pole. Every audit, every batch release, every recall risk hangs on that inconsistency.

Technicians in protective suits and harnesses inside a stainless steel vessel

This is what proving "clean" looks like today: permits, harnesses, two people, and a swab result that depends on how well they reached.

Human variability

Pressure, angle, and coverage change from person to person and day to day — and your recovery data shows it.

Confined-space entry

Sending a person into a vessel is a safety event with permits, watchers, and downtime — before a single swab is taken.

Ten-foot poles

Telescoping poles keep people out of the tank — and give up the recovery accuracy your validation depends on.

Your guide

We understand what's riding on every swab

SwabBot was built for the people accountable for cleaning validation — and the technology has been reviewed by the people who hold the industry to its standards.

"The proposed product has potential for commercial success by reducing the labor burden of and increasing the confidence in cleaning validation and environmental monitoring of processing facilities."

FDA Investigator · Grant Review

"Let me begin by stating that this is a great technology that has been a long time coming!"

PDA Technical Journal Reviewer

"Everyone who joined in the initial stages of the project were impressed with your technology and excited by the potential benefits it had to offer."

The plan

Three steps to consistent, defensible swabbing

SWAB-E and the Tank Access System mounted on the side of a vessel

Book a demo

See SWAB-E swab a vessel — live or on video — and map it to your validation program.

Install & train in a day

The Tank Access System mounts without confined-space entry, and your team is trained the same day — no $4,000 certifications.

Swab with robotic consistency

Same pressure, same pattern, same recovery — every vessel, every time. Data your auditors can trust.

The products

One system for the tank, one for the bench

SWAB-E unit swabbing inside a vessel
SWAB-E™ + Tank Access System

Robotic vessel swabbing

Swabs vessels, confined spaces, and agitator shafts with consistent pressure and methodology — no entry, no certification, no variability.

SWAB-B benchtop unit in a laboratory
SWAB-B™ Benchtop

Automated coupon swabbing

The laboratory counterpart: automated, repeatable coupon swabbing for recovery studies with the same accuracy and efficiency.

Prove clean. Protect people. Ship every batch with confidence.

Or keep hoping the person on the pole had a good day. Book a demo and see what robotic consistency does for your cleaning validation.

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Mockup — BlueForest Studios · not live