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Ultrasonic Cleaners: Meeting NFPA Standards
Proper care of personal protective equipment can mean the difference between life and death for firefighters. Chapter 7 of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1851 standard sets the requirements for proper cleaning and decontamination of gear. Meeting these standards presents a challenge. Gear cannot be taken home and placed in a firefighter’s washer and […]
Ultrasonic Cleaning Frequencies – 68/ 170 kHz
As we have discussed in the past, ultrasonic cleaning is used throughout the industrial world to remove a variety of contaminants ranging from dust to metal chips to carbon fibers to oil to baked-on polymers. There is not a “One Frequency Fits All” out there. Effective cleaning requires choosing the correct ultrasonic cleaning frequency to […]
Ultrasonic Cleaning Frequencies – 40 kHz
The last time we talked, we discussed how ultrasonic cleaning frequencies and how ultrasonic cleaning is used throughout the industrial world to remove a variety of contaminants ranging from dust to metal chips to carbon fibers to oil to baked-on polymers. There is not a “One Frequency Fits All” out there. Effective cleaning requires choosing […]
Ultrasonic Cleaning Frequencies – 25 kHz
Ultrasonic cleaning is used throughout the industrial world to remove a variety of contaminants ranging from dust to metal chips to carbon fibers to oil to baked-on polymers. This variety of contamination requires a variety of cleaning frequencies to choose from to optimize cleaning performance. There is not a “One Frequency Fits All” out there. […]
The 2013 Baseball Predictions Create Fire Damage
Call the fire department! The Washington Nationals will be leaving a lot of fire damage in their wake as they burn their way back to the National League East title in 2013. With a little extra heat to ignite a fire under this team, the Nats could blaze a trail into the playoffs and rocket […]
Cleaning PPE at Half the Price
Cleaning personal protective equipment (PPE) often comes with a high price tag, but failing to properly clean gear could cost even more and presents a serious health risk as well. Firefighters especially could find plenty of other uses for precious funds rather than paying for expensive, specialized equipment to clean and sanitize PPE. Meeting the […]
Industrial Cleaning Machine: How to Increase Productivity
Industrial work environments need an effective industrial cleaning machine to boost efficiency and productivity. Lubricants combine with particulates during the manufacturing process and literally gum up the works. Pressure washing or cleaning by hand is labor intensive and just doesn’t get the job done. Besides, these old fashioned methods produce a considerable amount of contaminated […]
Fire Damage Restoration Methods
Beyond the professionals, very few people deal with fire damage restoration. What do victims of a fire need to know about getting their lives back in order without risking their health or future problems with their home or business? In addition to direct fire damage, there are two other sources of damage from a fire: […]
10 Ultrasonic Cleaner Considerations before Purchase
When purchasing an ultrasonic cleaning system, there are ten important ultrasonic cleaner considerations. 1. What Exactly are you Cleaning? When purchasing ultrasonic cleaning equipment, you must first ask yourself, “What exactly are you cleaning?” Are the parts made of plastic or metal? If metal, what kind of metal? Is it a large or small mass […]
The Marketing of Ultrasonic Cleaning
Ultrasonic cleaning is a gold mine for business owners, and the technology markets itself. As Frank and I stated in the podcast dedicated to the future implications of ultrasonic cleaning, this application proves itself again and again financially, environmentally, and when it comes to efficiency. Marketing of ultrasonic cleaning devices can be applied to an […]
How Ultrasonic Cleaning Will Impact the Future
Ultrasonic cleaning has already made its presence known in the arena of parts and systems management. Throughout the previous podcasts sponsored by OmegaSonics, Frank and I have provided example after example of how ultrasonic cleaning can improve the efficiency of your business. This positive effect can in turn brighten your life. Besides the obvious technological […]
Chemistry Is The Key to Ultrasonic Cleaning
Engineers will look at the volume required for the parts being cleaned, the proper frequency, the ideal temperature and the type of filtration required when developing proper ultrasonic cleaning system for a specific application. As important as all of the above specifications are, however, chemistry is still one half of the total solution. Chemistry is […]
Effective Water Restoration Techniques
The goal of any water restoration effort is to return property to its pre-damaged state as fast as possible. To be fully effective, restoration companies must undo current damage and reverse time. Water has a way of seeping into areas unnoticed until it is too late. For this reason alone, restoration should be left to […]
Cost-Effective Turbine Cleaning Regulations
Turbine cleaning presents a difficult challenge to maintenance crews. While necessary to maintain safety and operational efficiency, turbine cleaning mechanism that use standard methods leave much to be desired. Ultrasonic cleaning provides a cost-effective means and better results. Removing carbon deposits, rust, organic and inorganic matter that inhibits turbine blade gearing performance generally involves chemical […]
Training, Certification & Standards: Guest Blog from Total Contentz
There are three strong keywords to success and profit in business. They are training, certification and standards. At first glance, training, certification and standards don’t mean much; it’s only when one explores what these words can do that you begin to appreciate their true value. Here’s why training, certification and standards should be on your […]
Ultrasonic Drying Solutions
An essential component of an effective contents restoration assembly line is a reliable ultrasonic drying process. Since industrial drying applications can be done three different ways (oven dryer, centrifugal dryer, re-circulating dryer), which method is right for you? If you have questions, we encourage you to talk to an ultrasonic consultant today, They can assist […]
Ultrasonic Cleaning: A Primer
Ultrasonic cleaning — particularly that which involves cleaners that operate at the high and low ends of the ultrasonic spectrum — is truly coming into its own with each passing day. Industrial ultrasonic cleaners look somewhat like over-sized washing machines, and they can clean virtually any non-porous object that fits inside of them, from jewelry […]
Omegasonics teams-up with Layton Technologies
Omegasonics is Layton Technologies’ new representative in the US for specialized solvent cleaning and solvent drying systems for technically demanding areas of precision cleaning. Omegasonics will provide local sales and development of Layton’s range of specialized equipment which already has an established and growing base of users in the US, as well as established representatives […]
