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Parts and contaminants · 3 min readRemoving carbon deposits from engine valvesIntake valves on direct-injection petrol engines and exhaust valves on every engine carry hard carbon on the tulip and stem. How to clean valves once the head is off, keep each valve with its guide, and tell a cleaned valve that can be refaced from one that is scrap.
Parts and contaminants · 3 min readCleaning automatic-transmission valve bodiesVarnish from old fluid and friction-material fines stick the spool valves, and the gearbox shifts late, hard or not at all. How rebuilders strip a valve body, keep every spool with its bore, and clean the channels and valves at 40 kHz without harming a single clearance.
Industries · 3 min readUltrasonic cleaning in heavy industry: energy, oil and gas, mining, railHeat exchangers, valves, pump and compressor parts, turbine components, hydraulic blocks and filters from plants where a stopped machine costs more per hour than the cleaning tank costs to buy. Large tanks, heavy baskets, scale and heavy oil, and the maintenance schedules they fit into.