Why Ultrasonic Cleaners Provide the Best Green Option for Industrial Cleaning

Ultrasonic cleaning systems offer superior cleaning performance as well as a cleaner environmental footprint. Traditional cleaning involves the use of toxic cleaning chemicals and mechanical scrubbing. The chemicals have to be aggressive to clean the part surfaces completely in a reasonable time. However, some industrial cleaning applications take longer periods to complete. They involve other procedures such as prolonged soaking and the final step of mechanical scrubbing to remove leftover traces of contaminants. Mechanical parts are also labor-intensive and can damage the parts to be cleaned. 



Despite these procedures, some contaminants may remain on the part surfaces, and even more so in harder-to-reach places such as holes and crevices, along cracks and inside tanks and reservoirs. It results in poorly cleaned parts that may contaminate processing. Ultrasonic cleaning systems, on the other hand, do not require chemicals or mechanical brushing. They require only plain water, or plain water and mild detergent to clean the parts quickly and thoroughly.



In an ultrasonic cleaning system, the ultrasonic transducer creates high-frequency sound waves in the cleaning solution and the sound waves, in turn, produce microscopic cavitation bubbles in the low-pressure troughs. The bubbles collapse in the high-pressure peaks of the sound waves, releasing a jet of cleaning solution that strikes the part surface, removing the dirt particles. The cavitation bubbles even pass-through holes, crevices, and complex shapes, cleaning them thoroughly.



Ultrasonic cleaning systems don't require purchasing, storing, handling, and neutralizing chemicals. Thus, the work environment is safer for workers and free of aggressive chemicals that require protective measures.


Discover more about ultrasonic cleaners by reading the complete article, “Why Ultrasonic Cleaners Provide the Best Green Option for Industrial Cleaning.” Contact Kaijo Shibuya at 408-675-5575 or email info@kaijo-shibuya.com to discuss your cleaning requirements. As environmental legislation and worker safety regulations have become stringent, ultrasonic cleaners are the wave of the future. They are environmentally friendly and do not require the use of caustic chemicals. Other benefits of ultrasonic cleaners include low operating costs, low capital costs, lower compliance costs, improved productivity and output, and safer work environment.