How Auto Manufacturers Achieve Cost Effective Cleaning with Ultrasonic Cleaners

Automotive parts are often contaminated by the manufacturing process, so manufacturers have to clean the parts they produce before using them, processing them further or delivering them to customers.

These automotive parts often have complex shapes or hard-to-access cavities, that's why cleaning them in traditional methods can be costly, labor-intensive, and time-consuming. Fragile parts and parts with delicate coatings may be damaged by manual cleaning methods or caustic cleaning chemicals.

Automotive ultrasonic cleaners are the ideal alternative to the traditional cleaning methods, such as manual scrubbing and soaking in cleaning chemicals.

Ultrasonic cleaning systems are made up of ultrasonic generators, transducers, and cleaning tanks. The ultrasonic transducer is placed in the cleaning solution and generates sound waves responsible for the cleaning action. The sound waves penetrate everywhere, even inside threaded holes, along cracks and inside nozzles. As a result, parts with complicated shapes are cleaned quickly and easily.

The ultrasonic generator produces the frequency at which the system operates. One of keys to successful cleaning is choosing the right frequency for certain parts to be cleaned. Low frequencies deliver powerful cleaning action for machined steel parts, cast metal parts, and metal fasteners. Medium frequencies can safely clean metal parts that are softer, plastic parts, or parts with a delicate coating. The highest frequencies can clean delicate nozzles, gaskets, and other fragile parts without damaging them. For general purpose applications, a system that can operate at several frequencies may be the best solution.

With automotive ultrasonic cleaning, there's no need for manual scrubbing of the parts or soaking them into a cleaning solution. There's also no need for caustic chemicals, therefore reducing chemical costs. If all parts are contaminated with a specific material from the manufacturing environment, a heater can be fitted into the cleaning tank to heat the cleaning solution and soften hard, greasy, or oily deposits. A mild detergent can also be added to the cleaning solution to speed up cleaning.

The ultrasonic cleaning process is safe and does not need constant monitoring. All that manufacturing facility workers can do is to place the parts to be cleaned in the ultrasonic bath, set a timer, and come back later to remove the newly cleaned parts. Ultrasonic cleaners can replace traditional cleaning methods for most automotive part cleaning applications.

If you have questions, read the complete article “How Auto Manufacturers Achieve Cost Effective Cleaning with Ultrasonic Cleaners”, for additional information. Contact Kaijo Shibuya at 408-675-5575 or email info@kaijo-shibuya.com if you have other questions or would like to set up a free consultation.

Why Is an Ultrasonic Cleaner Essential Equipment at a Medical Facility?

Many modern medical instruments are heat-sensitive, so they cannot be cleaned with high-pressure steam and sterilized in an autoclave. Parts such as electronics and optical fibers can be damaged when subjected to high temperatures. Since many medical instruments are delicate and have complex shapes, manual cleaning cannot clean them completely and can even damage them.

Medical ultrasonic cleaners are an excellent way for medical facilities to keep their high-tech medical instruments and devices clean and sterile.

How do ultrasonic cleaner systems work in cleaning temperature-sensitive medical instruments and devices?

The high-frequency sound waves produced by the ultrasonic cleaners remove organic matter, contaminants and other particles from part surfaces quickly and effectively. An approved disinfectant may be added to the solution in the ultrasonic cleaning tank to sterilize the parts.

One of the great things about medical ultrasonic cleaners is that they don't have to be monitored constantly. Medical personnel can place the devices and instruments into the ultrasonic cleaning tank, set the timer, and come back to remove the newly cleaned and sterile parts. To add, ultrasonic cleaners can provide highly effective cleaning and sterilizing solutions for these different tasks.

Several medical devices have hard-to-reach crevices and complicated shapes, which retain contamination even after sterilization. Such residues can cause infection. Ultrasonic cleaners remove all contamination, improving patient outcomes. There's also need for soaking in harsh cleaning solvents, therefore reducing chemical costs. Surgical instruments and other sharp medical devices can cause injury when they're cleaned manually. With ultrasonic cleaners, manual scrubbing and cleaning of sharp instruments is eliminated.

Ultrasonic cleaners are essential for cleaning temperature-sensitive medical instruments and devices. Medical facilities have different cleaning needs, such as cleaning newly manufactured devices and implants and cleaning re-usable instruments. All these cleaning needs can be fulfilled by ultrasonic cleaning systems that are specifically configured for a medical cleaning application.

For more details read the article, Why is an Ultrasonic Cleaner Essential Equipment at a Medical Facility? If you would like a free consultation or have questions about using an ultrasonic cleaner for your medical cleaning application, contact Kaijo at info@kaijo-shibuya.com or call 408-675-5575.

What Is the Best Ultrasonic Cleaner for Small Engine Parts?

Small engine parts that are new, refurbished, or repaired may be contaminated with engine deposits, shop dirt, or material that comes from the manufacturing process. Often, these small engine parts have complicated shapes and may be contaminated with hard-to-remove oil, grease, and carbon deposits. Traditional cleaning methods – such as manual scrubbing or soaking with cleaning solvents – may not completely clean small engine parts.

Small engine parts, such as carburetor components or fuel injectors, are difficult to clean because they may be contaminated with hard-to-remove deposits and have complicated shapes and parts such as holes, ridges, and curves with manual scrubbing.

Automotive ultrasonic cleaners provide the best alternative to these traditional cleaning methods. They can be customized to match the requirements of cleaning smaller automotive components and remove specific types of contaminants.

Turnkey ultrasonic cleaners are ready to use systems that can clean small engine parts without an extensive setup process. Ultrasonic cleaners generate microscopic cavitation bubbles in the cleaning solution. As bubbles form and collapse, they dislodge surface contaminants and clean right down to the original surface. The bubbles appear wherever cleaning solution is present, including inside holes, along cracks, and around complex shapes. Turnkey ultrasonic cleaners can clean quickly and completely while individual ultrasonic cleaner components can be adapted and customized to meet specific engine part cleaning requirements.

Ultrasonic features with special features can clean small engine parts more effectively. Here are the features that improve cleaning performance for such parts:

• Basket to hold the parts – loose small parts placed in the ultrasonic cleaning tank may vibrate against the tank walls or the bottom of the tank, causing damage. A basket keeps them positioned in the middle of the tank.
• Tank heating – Heating the cleaning solution inside the tank softens hard-to-remove oil, grease, or hardened deposits on the surface of these small engine parts.
• Mild detergents – Ultrasonic cleaning does not need strong cleaning chemicals. Only a mild detergent is added to facilitate the cleaning process of these small engine parts.
• Automation – Ultrasonic cleaners can clean automatically without supervision.

Automotive ultrasonic cleaners that incorporate the features above can clean small engine parts more effectively than traditional cleaning methods. Since cleaning is done at the part surface no manual scrubbing is required to remove traces of contaminants.

Learn about the benefits of using Kaijo’s automotive ultrasonic cleaners in our latest article, What Is the Best Ultrasonic Cleaner for Small Engine Parts?  Contact Kaijo for a free consultation to discuss your requirements by sending an email to info@kaijo-shibuya.com or call 408-675-5575.

Automotive Racing Clients Use Ultrasonic Cleaners to Optimize Performance

Racing car engines need to be maintained to provide peak performance. Their engine parts need to be thoroughly cleaned prior to re-installation. Automotive ultrasonic cleaners deliver superior cleaning performance for automotive racing car parts, such as pistons, differentials, engine heads, coolers, and transmissions that must be kept free of carbon deposits, caked grease, and other contaminants.

Ultrasonic cleaners remove deposits from racing car parts through the use of tiny cavitation bubbles generated by the ultrasonic waves. Ultrasonic cleaning systems generate high-frequency sound waves in the cleaning tanks. The ultrasonic waves create microscopic cavitation bubbles throughout the cleaning solution. When the bubbles collapse in time with the ultrasonic frequency, they produce small but energetic jets that dislodge hardened grease, carbon deposits, and other contaminants from the surface of the automotive parts.

Automotive ultrasonic cleaners clean automotive parts more quickly and effectively than traditional cleaning methods such as manual brushing, cleaning with rags, or prolonged soaking in solvents. Tougher deposits can be removed even more quickly by heating the cleaning solution or by adding mild detergents that speed up the cleaning process.

When traditional cleaning is replaced by ultrasonic cleaning, cleaning times are reduced, and shop personnel avoid having to spend hours manually removing hard-to-clean grease, grime, deposits, and other contaminants from automotive parts. Ultrasonic cleaning also saves money and resources as solvents and other cleaning materials are no longer needed and costs for servicing are greatly reduced.

Kaijo, the leading manufacturer of ultrasonic cleaning systems, can offer products from its complete line of ultrasonic cleaners and related equipment. Kaijo can install individual ultrasonic generators and transducers in existing tanks or add them to existing cleaning systems. The company can also offer customized cleaners, with individual products (such as cleaning tanks) being adapted to the clients' specific requirements.

For more details read the article, Automotive Racing Clients Use Ultrasonic Cleaners to Optimize Performance. If you have questions or would like to have a free consultation to discuss your specific needs, please contact Kaijo at 408-675-5575 or email into@kaijo-shibuya.com.