Ultrasonic Cleaners for Pharmaceutical Equipment

Pharmaceutical manufacturers use machines such as pill punches and filling machine valves which, over time, can become contaminated with mold or bacteria. This makes them quite a challenge to clean.

Cleaning this equipment with toxic chemicals and by shaking or agitation may not thoroughly clean them or worse, may bring more contamination issues.

Industrial ultrasonic cleaners are a more effective, more economical, and environment-friendly alternative to these traditional cleaning methods. They effectively clean the contaminants of the pharmaceutical equipment more quickly and thoroughly. They don't use scrubbing or shaking, or require the use of harsh cleaning chemicals.

Instead, the equipment to be cleaned is placed in an ultrasonic bath which consists of a tank containing only water or a mild cleaning solution. In the liquid bath, the ultrasonic transducer is converting an electrical signal of maybe 40 kHz into ultrasonic waves that permeate through the liquid. The frequency levels depend on the cleaning applications; higher frequencies are used for cleaning delicate parts while lower frequencies are used for more robust cleaning of rugged parts.

As the ultrasonic waves travel through the liquid, they produce microscopic cavitation bubbles which will form and collapse -- this particular action of the bubbles does the scrubbing and lifting of impurities from the equipment being cleaned. These cavitation bubbles can also go into crevices and apertures of the equipment to remove any material down to the original machined or manufactured surface. Depending on the frequency and power of the ultrasonic cleaning system, cleaning may take as little as ten minutes even for challenging applications.  

Kaijo’s industrial ultrasonic cleaners can clean pharmaceutical equipment quickly and thoroughly, with a low cost of ownership. Managers and decision managers at pharmaceutical firms may choose turnkey solutions such as Kaijo’s Phenix III system or individual components like the Quava ultrasonic generator, or ultrasonic cleaning transducers and cleaning tanks. The generators and transducers can be purchased separately if customers want to use existing tanks in their manufacturing facility. Customers can buy the standard equipment or equipment configured to match their specific requirements.

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