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Pipes and tubes often are difficult cleaning and passivation applications because various washing, rinsing, and passivation solutions must be flushed through the pipes. Pipe flushing applications with tight aspect ratio (high length vs. the internal diameter) or multiple bends tend to require forced or pumped circulation through the tubing. Pipe Passivation System Video Passivation […]
Part Cleaning Case Studies - Case Studies
Military Gun & Weapon Cleaning Equipment and Systems
Military cleaning applications can vary from gun & weapon cleaning to aircraft & vehicle maintenance overhauls. Parts washing and cleaning applications for the armed forces usually entail not only cleaning the outsides, but also the insides of guns, arms and armament. This often requires the use of gun cleaning solvents. Depending on the armament barrel […]
Job Shop Parts Washer for True Oil and Water Soluble Precision Parts
Application Machine shops often need to wash parts that come out of machining centers with true oils (petroleum based) as well as water soluble coolants. In this application, the customer had a long list of true oils they needed to remove from precision machined parts. Oil contaminants include: Mobil DTE Oil Heavy 100 ISO VG 100 […]
Swiss Machine Oil Parts Cellular Manufacturing Automated Precision Aqueous Cleaning System
Application: Small swiss machined parts with heavy true oils and small blind holes/cavities made of brass, aluminum, and stainless steel challenged the customer to find an alternative cleaning process. The customer was previous cleaning with Stoddard solvent (mineral spirits or mineral turpentine), but large hazardous waste stream, flammability, long soak cycle times, and employee exposure […]
Aerospace Automated Parts Washer Cleaning, Rinsing, and Dryer Conveyor System with Regenerative DI Water System
Application Background Aerospace customer previously used nPB (n-propyl bromide) for cleaning various metallic based investment castings (steel, stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, etc.), machined aluminum extrusions and formed aluminum sheet metal parts. Due to recent and continuing regulations of n-propyl bromide and in 2012 the ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) confirmed nPB as an “Animal Carcinogen with […]
3D Printer / FDM Parts Post Process Ultrasonic Cleaning
Application The newly booming industry of 3D printed parts or FDM (Fused deposition modeling) for rapid prototyping and, in some cases, final use requires post processing of the parts to remove the support structure that is also printed to support the printed parts during printing. Our bench top ultrasonic cleaners and systems – in combination […]
Machine Shop Parts Washer for Swiss and CNC Precision Parts
Parts Cleaner Machine Application Machine shops often need to wash parts that come out of machining centers with true oils (petroleum based) as well as water soluble coolants. Most tool shops start with a simple drum mounted solvent parts washer equipment but quickly outgrow the size and capabilities because it can only clean true oil […]
Parts Washer Meets Monorail
Automated parts washers have been a major time saver on plant floors for years. Conveyor washers from walking-beam to powered belts move the products from station to station – from the time the dirty parts are loaded until it is time to package the cleaned and dried (and perhaps even passivated) parts, the conveyors move […]
Automated Enclosed Immersion Parts Washer for Swiss Machined Parts
Plant floors can be a dangerous place, but there are lots of ways to reduce exposure to risk. The Fully Automated Enclosed Immersion Parts Washer pictured above not only provides an exceptional method for cleaning manufactured parts, but it also does so in a way that reduces employees exposure to several potential hazards. This system […]
Fully Automated Indexing Agitated Immersion Wash, Rinse, Dry Parts Washer
Application for Fully-Automated Agitated Immersion Wash, Rinse, & Dry Parts Washer Case Study The A-MKT Wash-Rinse-Dry agitated immersion parts washer cleaning system processes parts with precision part cleaning, rinsing and drying. This automated parts washer is capable of cleaning a wide variety of metal parts which require ultrasonic cleaning to remove fine particulate, buffing/polishing compounds and water […]
