How Ultrasonic Cleaners Reduce Labor Costs and Improve Employee Safety

Ultrasonic cleaning technology is a fast and safe way to clean various parts without heavy mechanical brushing or harsh cleaning chemicals. By using ultrasonic cleaners, the cleaning process is faster, more thorough, and efficient – even complicated shapes and hard-to-reach areas can be cleaned effectively. 

Ultrasonic cleaning technology involves the generation of microscopic cavitation bubbles by channeling ultrasonic sound waves through water. When the bubbles burst, they direct small but powerful jets of liquid at the part's surface to be cleaned. These jets dislodge foreign material from the part surfaces and deliver highly effective cleaning action.

The use of ultrasonic cleaning technology provides a significant reduction in costs and labor. Ultrasonic cleaners only require a cleaning solution of water or solution with mild detergent, so there's no need to use harsh cleaning chemicals. There's also no need for mechanical scrubbing or soaking of parts in chemicals which provides a significant reduction of labor.

With ultrasonic cleaners, the operator places the parts to be cleaned in the cleaning tank, sets a timer, and leaves the machine to do its work. Ultrasonic cleaners are completely safe and do not need monitoring. In addition to reduced costs of human resources, there are also big savings from the elimination in the handling, and disposal of toxic and hazardous cleaning chemicals. The elimination of chemicals also results in a much more environmentally friendly operation.

A mild detergent added to the water will speed up the cleaning process for cleaning parts with oily or greasy residues. For cleaning parts with heavy contamination (such as hard, baked-on grime), heating the solution can soften the contaminant and make cleaning more comfortable and faster. These methods are still safer and more efficient compared to traditional cleaning.

Kaijo’s ultrasconic parts cleaners are designed to provide both safety and low cost of ownership. For more details read the complete article, “How Ultrasonic Cleaners Reduce Labor Costs and Improve Employee Safety.” For a free consultation or a quote, contact Kaijo Shibuya at 408-675-5575 or email info@kaijo-shibuya.com

How Cleaning Ultrasonic Tanks Work

Ultrasonic cleaning tanks hold the water or cleaning solution that cleans parts and components through the action of cavitation bubbles produced by the ultrasonic sound waves. The sound waves come from the ultrasonic generator that is mounted inside the tank.

The cavitation bubbles provide the intense scrubbing and cleaning action through the liquid and can lift dirt even in hard-to-reach places such as tiny holes and crevices of the components being cleaned.

Kaijo's ultrasonic cleaning tanks are made of thick gloss polished stainless steel. They're specifically designed to withstand the cleaning action and vibrations generated by the transducers. Usually mounted on the tanks, the transducers convert the electric signal (from the ultrasonic generator) into sound waves, which produce the cavitation bubbles that provide the cleaning action. The ultrasonic tanks are specifically designed to withstand the cleaning action and vibrations created by ultrasonic transducers and are constructed to satisfy many different cleaning requirements.

Ultrasonic cleaning tanks are designed for use in a wide variety of industrial cleaning applications. They come in various sizes depending on the cleaning power required for a specific cleaning application. With over 60 years of experience in ultrasonic cleaning technology, Kaijo can help analyze your cleaning requirements and offer solutions to your specific needs.

Kaijo’s ultrasonic cleaning tanks are available with mounted transducers and generators that operate at either 26 kHz, 38 kHz or 78 kHz. These cleaning tanks are complete systems that deliver robust cleaning performance that clean most part in about 10 minutes. Kaijo’s Phenix III generator can be combined with these ultrasonic cleaning tanks and mounted transducers to provide a cost-effective and complete turn-key system.

The complete article titled “How Cleaning Ultrasonic Tanks Work” explains in more detail. If you want a free consultation or quote, contact info@kaijo-shibuya.com or call at 408-675-5575.