Machine for cleaning furnace regeneration chambers for the production of glassware

Machine (2) for cleaning regeneration chambers (56) of furnaces, for the production of glass articles, the regeneration chambers (56) having stacks of hollow refractory elements delimiting vertical passages, which define chimneys for combustion fumes from said furnaces, the machine comprising:

• a self-propelled support structure to be introduced into a compartment (55), which is below a regeneration chamber (56) to be cleaned and which communicates with said regeneration chamber (56) to be cleaned,
• at least one lance (24), applied to said self-propelled support structure and configured to send within said vertical passages a stream of cleaning material powder and compressed air,
• at least one suction mouth (8), applied to said support structure and configured to suck cleaning material dust and aspirable materials from a floor of the compartment (55), which were removed from the regeneration chamber (56) during cleaning,
• at least one video camera (30, 32, 34) mounted on said self-propelled support structure, and
• at least one monitor (60) controlling from outside of the regeneration chamber (56) to be cleaned, through said at least one video camera (30, 32, 34), operation of said machine.