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.

Cavitations produced in a liquid by high frequency – or ultrasonic – sound waves result in streams of liquids essentially “power washing” objects on a microscopic level. What role does temperature play in the process?

As temperature increases, the number of cavitation bubbles at first increase before falling off.

At the liquid’s boiling point, cavitation produced by ultrasonic sound waves introduced into the liquid stops completely.

In addition to a decrease in the number of bubbles, the size and energy of the streams they produce decrease as well. This can be demonstrated by a foil test, where a piece of foil is placed in industrial ultrasonic cleaners. The size and distribution of the holes produced in the foil reveal the characteristics of the cavitation taking place.

At higher temperatures, the holes in the foil are smaller and more evenly distributed. While the force of the cleaning stream is reduced, the overall coverage is increased. Finding the right temperature of operation may involve balancing these characteristics.

A figure of 60 degrees Celsius for a water bath is typically used. Generally, a figure of 65% of the boiling point of the liquid is used. The choice of temperature is often determined by the detergent used in the solution, if any. The detergents often have an optimum temperature, which takes precedence over the optimum temperature for agitation. If an acid is being used as a cleaning fluid, temperatures need to be kept as low as possible to prevent the acid damaging the stainless steel tank used in ultrasonic cleaning.

Next, we examine the effect of frequency on ultrasonic cleaning. The final installment looks at the need and advantages of varying the frequency.

If you would like to learn more about ultrasonic cleaners, feel free to contact one of our ultrasonic cleaning experts toll free at (888) 420-4445 or visit our website.

If your New Year’s resolution is to lose that holiday weight, then we are about to reveal the key for your success: ultrasonic technology.

We’re not talking about a crazy ultrasonic infomercial product you’ll see at 2:30 in the morning claiming it can eliminate 30 pounds of fat in four days. We are simply talking about ultrasonic technology for industrial applications involving cleaning. So how can an ultrasonic machine help you lose that extra holiday weight?

Implementing ultrasonic cleaning capabilities will generally eliminate 80% of your usual cleaning time typically done by hand with specialized tools. This newly-gained “free-time” will allow you to exercise, go to the gym, or take a nice walk. That’s the secret to losing weight! Ultrasound cleans for you, giving you the time to focus on your New Year’s resolution. It’s that simple!

An ultrasonic industrial parts washer reduces cleaning costs and money in any industry it is used in. As Jay Leno has discovered, even the toughest automotive or industrial parts are instantly cleaned and ready to be installed. Items such as carburetors are cleaned five times faster, and in as little as 15 minutes! With traditional hand cleaning methods this process can take well over an hour, and usually with one or more employees. Forget about the need to supervise them… the ultrasonic unit virtually does everything on its own.

If you have always claimed there wasn’t enough time to exercise or work out and your resolution is to lose your holiday weight, then there’s no more excuses! An ultrasonic industrial parts cleaner opens up your day by saving you time (and money) during critical cleaning processes. For more information, we invite you to check out omegasonics.com or give our team of ultrasonic cleaning experts a call toll-free at (888) 726-3130.

May you, your company, and your family have a happy and healthy 2012.

Offshore oil rigs are similar in construction despite being located in different parts of the world. Since access to them is limited, drilling equipment is prone to high productivity loss if maintenance cannot be performed in a timely manner. Significant downtime can impact output, which can, of course, cause oil prices to rise. Thankfully, there are measures that oil rigs can take to avoid, or at least limit, many unnecessary costs.

One of these measures involves the use of ultrasonic cleaning. The functionality of an ultrasonic cleaning machine is endless when it is used to clean components used on an oil rig drilling machine in the middle of the ocean. The two primary causes of productivity loss and machine maintenance are fatigue and corrosion to metals due to high pressures of deep-ocean drilling. Over a million dollars each year is spent on research, evaluation and repairs for damaged drilling parts. In addition, costs are always magnified on an oil rig because everything must be done self-sufficiently on the platform.

Having a portable ultrasonic cleaning unit on board an oil platform can instantly (and significantly) reduce the amount of time, labor, and cost spent on maintenance and repairs. In most cases, in order to fix something, it must be cleaned first. However, cleaning supplies must be limited on off shore platforms, and solvent chemicals are virtually extinct in order to protect the ocean.

That’s way ultrasound is such an attractive option in these types of situations. Ultrasonic cleaning eliminates unnecessary costs associated with chemical cleaning products because it only uses soap and water. In other words…ultrasonic cleaners do all of the work for you! Research has shown that using ultrasonic technology can also extend parts such as oil rig cooling systems by a factor of 6-8 times.

If enough off shore platforms begin to use ultrasonic cleaning technology to lower their costs… who knows, maybe the price to fill up you car won’t be so high next time!

For more information call Omegasonics toll-free at 1-800-669-8227 or visit our “Utilities” page on our website.

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.