What you may not know, however, is that there are a number of things you can and should do to optimize your parts cleaner to keep it running at peak performance.

Listed below are a number of these “best practices,” offered with the intent of helping you save money, reduce your cleaning time, and maximize your investment.

Keep your ultrasonic cleaner clean – That sounds like a redundant statement, but it’s not. If you expect to have parts that are free of dirt, oil and debris when they are removed from ultrasonic cleaners, the parts cleaner must also remain clean. This means periodically changing the cleaning solution, and wiping out the tank while the detergent is drained. The detergent must be changed occasionally to keep it from losing its effectiveness, while wiping out the container removes all the sludge that has accumulated in the bottom, which can reduce the effectiveness of the transducers.

Maintain your filtration system – Some ultrasonic cleaners are equipped with filtration systems that remove the floating oils and debris from the detergent while parts are being cleaned. These systems contain filters that trap the dirt and oil, and these filters must be changed occasionally, since they eventually fill with contaminants and block the circulating fluid.

Optimize the time and temperature – In order to save both time and money, take the time to do some experimenting with your ultrasonic cleaners to find the perfect time and temperature combination, in addition to the correct detergent. Running the parts cleaner for a long time at a high temperature may effectively clean parts, but it’s costing you extra electricity and wasted time.

Keep the unit covered when not in use – Some ultrasonic cleaners come equipped with covers to protect the cleaning solution, while others do not. Regardless, you should always keep your parts cleaner covered when not in use, since the air is full of dust, pollen, and small dirt particles that can accumulate in the cleaning solution and prematurely contaminate it. These airborne particles will accumulate in the solution just like the particles removed during the cleaning process, reducing the effectiveness of the detergent and the cleaner.

Pre-clean extra-dirty parts – Ultrasonic cleaners will remove all of the unwanted contaminants from a part’s surface, but all of those contaminants go somewhere, either into solution with the detergent or to the cleaner floor. In both cases, the effectiveness of the cleaner gets reduced over time. If the parts to be cleaned contain loose materials like mud, dust, or dirt that can easily be removed before they are placed in the cleaner, take the time to do a pre-rinse.

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Whether it happens to our homes or our businesses, the results can be devastating. Imagine the gut-wrenching feeling of seeing our great-grandma’s favorite Italian  vase covered in soot, expensive stereos and computers filled with river mud, or our children’s favorite stuffed animals smelling of smoke.

In the past, what could be salvaged had to be hand-cleaned; this process was slow, expensive, and only partially effective, often doing more harm than good on delicate items. Today, though, restoration companies are using ultrasonic cleaners to return items to pre-loss condition at a fraction of the cost and time.

Almost anything damaged by floodwaters, mud, soot, excessive heat, carbon deposits, oxidation, or smoke can be salvaged using ultra sonic cleaners. The technology lets us recover items that we used to just throw away, saving a tremendous amount of money over replacement costs. Restoration companies equipped with ultra sonic cleaning stations can restore everything from large appliances, computers, stereos, electronic equipment, electric motors, and televisions, to delicate hand-painted plates and vases, plastic, brass, crystal, and china.

Because ultrasonic cleaners use high-frequency sound waves to clean and restore items, trained professionals won’t damage even the most delicate surfaces, making them ideal for restoring nearly anything. And because the sound waves can get into cracks and crevices that can’t be reached by hand or other cleaning processes, not only can you get the small soot and dirt particles out, but also the molds and bacteria found in floodwaters. Our eating utensils are safe to use again, and toys are safe for the kids.

Fires and floods are tough enough on us as it is without the added stress of trying to figure out where we’re going to come up with the money to replace all those things insurance won’t cover, or deal with the loss of irreplaceable family heirlooms or business data stuck on a computer hard drive. But with the help of a restoration company using ultra sonic cleaners, you can save much of what was damaged, and begin putting your life back together knowing your precious memories and valuable business data aren’t lost forever.

For more information on ultrasonic cleaners visit the Omegasonics website. You can also find us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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.

He invented ultrasonic imaging techniques used to view live soft tissue inside a human. His discovery would eventually become the standard for medical screening and diagnosis.

Influence in Ultrasonic Technology

John’s field of expertise did not stop with the medical world. At the early age of 14, he was awarded his first patent for an automatic valve that distributed hot and cold bathwater evenly. Later, he became a surgeon specializing in venereal diseases. In 1944, Wild joined the Royal Army and reached the rank of major.

While with the British army, he contributed to other parts of the war efforts as well. During WWII, when petroleum was low, John discovered a way to convert Harley Davidson motorcycles with side-cars to run on fuel produced from charcoal.

His work as a surgeon led him to discover that pulse-echo ultrasound, or sonic energy, could be reflected as it echoes from soft biological tissue. This discovery in the 1950’s pioneered the production of ultrasonic images of living tissue in real time.

Wild would go on to establish the Medical Technological Research Department at St. Barbabas Hospital in Minneapolis. He received many prestigious awards for his contributions to the field of technology and medicine. He passed away in 2009 at the age of 95, but his legacy to the world of ultrasonic technology will never die.