Why Ultrasonic Cleaners Are Used by Food and Drug Companies

 

Ultrasonic cleaners are excellent alternatives to traditional cleaning methods as they can clean parts and components with complex shapes and impossible-to-reach blind holes and crevices.

More industries, including food and drug industries, are choosing industrial ultrasonic cleaners to clean equipment used in producing and manufacturing their products. Industrial ultrasonic cleaners use a mechanically based cleaning method that can be enhanced with other cleaning agents (such as the use of heat in the cleaning solution or adding mild and benign solvents). The resulting cleaning performance is better compared to traditional cleaning methods, such as scrubbing or soaking in harsh cleaning chemicals.

When equipment used by food and drug companies has to be cleaned, the need for effective and complete cleanliness runs into the requirement to avoid contamination with aggressive and toxic cleaners. Strong cleaning chemicals and agents may easily remove some dirt but may leave harmful residues that can contaminate food and medicine products.

Industrial ultrasonic cleaners do not need such harsh and harmful cleaning chemicals and agents. They rely on the cavitation bubbles produced by the ultrasonic sound waves in the cleaning solution.

Industrial ultrasonic cleaners typically require a simple water bath in an ultrasonic cleaning tank to clean parts. They work by using ultrasonic generators to produce a high-frequency electric signal. Transducers immersed in water convert the electric signal to ultrasonic sound waves. As the sound waves travel through the water, they generate millions of microscopic cavitation bubbles that form and collapse in tune with the ultrasonic frequency.

As the bubbles collapse, they produce a tiny but energetic jet of water that hits the surface of the components being cleaned inside the tank, dislodging food and drug residues. The surface is cleaned quickly and completely, while the cleaned-off parts can be rinsed away.

Unlike cleaning the parts using harsh chemicals, industrial ultrasonic cleaners leave no harmful residues that can contaminate food and drug products.

While chemicals are not needed for effective ultrasonic cleaning, mild non-toxic cleaning agents can help speed up the cleaning process. For parts with heavy deposits of oil, fat, and grease, heating the cleaning tank to soften the residue can also improve cleaning performance.

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