The most common method for cleaning parts has always been by hand.

However, this method exposes workers to unnecessary risks due to potential cuts and punctures from sharp edges, injury from heavy parts being dropped and exposing employees to harsh or potentially flammable solvents that could cause illness and health issues.

In the video below, Frank Pedeflous discusses how ultrasonic parts cleaners can eliminate these issues and more.

Here are a few of the safety benefits when using ultrasonic parts cleaners:

• No manual handling of parts – Instead of trying to find every hole or passageway, we can simply submerge the parts in water and walk away until they are clean. This prevents possible injury, and also makes workers more productive.
• Remove the need for cleaning tools that can puncture the skin – Some cleaning tools contain fine wires which can easily break off and penetrate the skin. The body treats these wires like any other foreign object, and therefore can become infected.
• Absence of harmful solvents – Ultrasonic parts cleaners don’t generally use dangerous solvents. Solvents are a major health risk to employees, exposing them to cancer-causing vapors that can also damage vital organs.  To avoid these risks, employers will often provide expensive and bulky protective gear.

Ultrasonic parts cleaners typically use non-hazardous detergents to clean parts and require none of these precautions.

The world is turning “green” and more businesses than ever are choosing safe and eco friendly methods to clean their industrial parts and machinery.

One reason ultrasonic technology is superior to other forms of cleaning is its main ingredients: soap and water.

How are you currently handling your industrial parts cleaning and waste water disposal? Prior cleaning methods used chemicals toxic to the environment, as well as to human skin and organs.

These types of chemicals must be disposed of in a particular manner, and usually involve contracting with a third party company who specializes in disposing substances with a petroleum base.

Alternatively, ultrasound typically uses water and water-based cleaning agents which is why it is the most eco-friendly cleaning option in the world. In most instances draining your machine is easy. However, cleaning extremely greasy and dirty parts will require a specialized disposal process. This is because the parts being clean are contaminated, not because of the water-based soaps.

In such a situation, we recommend evaporating the ultrasonic bath, which leaves only greasy sludge behind. The sludge can be collected, and, after several bath changes, you’ll have enough sludge so that it can be transported to a processing plant. This will save you money with disposing your waste.

One of our clients, Mercury Marine, recently purchased a wastewater-recycling machine and began to use it onsite. These smart filters use a flocculation process that first binds the containments, and then passes the bath through a filter trapping all of the particles. The filtered bath is then pumped back into the ultrasonic cleaning tank resulting in even lower cleaning costs. The filtered sludge is dried and easily disposed. Each month they save a great deal of money by simply reusing their water supply.

How are you currently handling your industrial parts cleaning and waste water disposal? Our team at Omegasonics can provide you with more information on how your company can do these burdensome tasks safer, cheaper, and more efficiently. Call 800-669-8227.

Using ultrasound will more than please even the most meticulous inspectors, reduce your labor overhead, and increase your bottom line. Ultrasound doesn’t use any harsh chemicals so you don’t have to worry about putting toxic substances near food, supplements and pharmaceutical items.

Ultrasonic tanks generally use water-based soaps or just water alone to easily and effectively remove dirt, scale minerals, grime, oils and other residues from most surfaces. Filler valves, vitamin molds and dispensing equipment to name a few are the more common items being cleaned with precision ultrasonic cleaning systems in the food industry.

In an industry with a wide range of products that need to be cleaned, ultrasonic machines are built to accommodate your particular work area. Ultrasonic cleaning units can also be customized to meet your specific needs, size, power and other specifications. By using only a variety of mild solutions including citric acid and water, ultrasound is able to meticulously and safely remove dirt, scale minerals, grime, oil and other resides from virtually any surface without exposing employees or your product to unsafe chemicals.

Our friend, Dave Pierson formerly of from Pepsi Bottling Group had this to say about his experience with ultrasound machine, “The ultrasonic cleaners are working great! The precision parts in our fillers have never been cleaner or rebuilt as well!”

Companies all across the nation such as Anheuser-Busch and Natural Alternatives are all using Omegasonics’ machines to clean ultrasonically in the medical, food and drug industry!

For more information, please see omegasonics.com

We have a large library of ultrasonic cleaning protocols for a variety of industrial parts, however, if we get a call regarding an item that we’ve never tested before, a client can send us their dirty and contaminated parts. We’ll test different combinations of factors in different chemistries to find the most effective ultrasonic cleaning recipe.