The chemicals involved in the conventional cleaning process and are expensive to buy and also need to be safely stored. Another consideration for choosing a new cleaning method is the protection of workers who use these chemicals, plus the safe disposal of toxic waste adds further expense. Other industries need to find alternative cleaning alternatives due to environmental concerns.
In industries that require cleaning of industrial parts and equipment, ultrasonic cleaning systems have emerged as a preferred alternative to traditional cleaning methods. These systems utilize ultrasonic energy to clean contaminated tools or parts.
Ultrasonic energy works rather simply – when dense, elastic media such as water is subjected to high-frequency energy, it expands and contracts quickly as to cause millions of microscopic fractures or tears. The microscopic bubbles that are created form and collapse so quickly that they create a great force. When these bubbles touch close to the surface of an object, the force can knock the contaminants off the surface.
Ultrasonic cleaners consist of a tank that is usually filled with water. A transducer can generate high-energy ultrasonic frequencies between 20 to 200 kHz. When contaminated items are a placed in a bath inside the tank, the ultrasonic waves from the transducer generate millions of tiny cavitation bubbles which do the cleaning action. Depending on the frequency chosen, ultrasonic cleaning systems can do effective cleaning on all parts that range from machinery tools to delicate medical equipment.
Ultrasonic cleaning systems are cost-effective but are also a fast, powerful and safe choice for even the most challenging cleaning applications. It needs little supervision and does not require cleaning with chemicals or the need toxic waste disposal. Since there are very few moving parts ultrasonic cleaners require little maintenance as well.
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