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Parts and contaminants
Carburettors, moulds, circuit boards, filters, bearings: what comes off, how, and with which machine.
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Parts and contaminants · 2 min readCleaning pedicure instruments before disinfectionNippers, files and pushers must be free of soil before a disinfectant or steriliser can work. What an ultrasonic bath removes, how a salon uses it, and the steps that follow it.
Parts and contaminants · 2 min readCleaning hairstyling tools before disinfectionCombs, clippers and scissors carry hair, product and skin residue that a disinfectant cannot reach through. A benchtop cleaner removes the soil first; disinfection follows as its own step.
Parts and contaminants · 3 min readRemoving rust, scale and oxideUltrasound alone does not remove rust; the chemistry does, and the ultrasound makes it fast and complete. Which chemistries work on steel, aluminium, brass and copper, why they do not go in a standard tank, and how to protect the bare metal you have just exposed.
Parts and contaminants · 3 min readRemoving flux residues from circuit boards and assembliesFlux left after soldering attracts moisture, corrodes joints and leaks current between tracks. Which flux types need cleaning, the 40 kHz bath that removes them without harming components, what to keep out of the tank, and how to prove the board is clean.
Parts and contaminants · 4 min readRemoving carbon deposits and baked-on oilCarbon on pistons, valves, injectors, turbo housings and EGR valves is oil that has been cooked onto the metal. It needs the hot end of the bath, the strong end of the chemistry, 28 kHz, and time. What works, what does not, and how to avoid damaging aluminium in the process.
Parts and contaminants · 2 min readCleaning porous materials with an ultrasonic cleanerSintered filters, castings and open-pore materials trap soil where liquids barely flow. How cavitation gets in, and where it cannot.
Parts and contaminants · 2 min readUltrasonic cleaning for automotive parts: what it does wellCarbon, grease and road dirt off engine parts without hand scrubbing: where ultrasonic cleaning earns its place in a workshop.