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A Safer Way to Handle Industrial Waste Disposal

August 22nd, 2011 by Frank Pedeflous

You wash your hands with soap and water, so why wouldn’t you wash your industrial parts in the same way? 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.

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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.

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Why Industries have Increased their use of Ultrasonic Cleaning

August 5th, 2011 by Frank Pedeflous

In the 1980’s, the U.S. government began to crack down on un-safe industrial cleaning chemicals, and created the need for new, safer, greener, water-based cleaning solutions: one of the key alternatives being ultrasonic cleaning technology.

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There are hundreds of industries that use ultrasound as their first choice for safe and effective parts cleaning.

As government regulations on toxic chemicals used in the workforce were tightened, industrial companies were frantically searching for newer and safer ways to clean their dirty, oily, and contaminated parts. Today, it is more important than ever to maintain and achieve the highest quality levels of precision cleaning in many different industries due to constantly changing requirements.

There are hundreds of industries that use ultrasound as their first choice for safe and effective cleaning. Currently, ultrasound is the premier cleaning technology for the automotive, marine, pharmaceutical, aerospace, musical instrument, firearm, disaster restoration and other industries requiring absolute precision cleaning.

Other methods of aqueous-based industrial cleaning can use a lot of water, which goes directly down the drain or has to be collected and disposed of properly depending on the toxic levels. Water waste can come from the manufacturing process, scrubbers, mops, tanks and more. There are several technologies that recycle water but these systems can be costly especially for smaller operations. Despite the effort and resources, none of them have been nearly as effective as ultrasound.

Are you in a specialized industry that could benefit from ultrasonic cleaning? Take a look at some of these industrial ultrasonic cleaning case studies to see how companies of every size are cleaning more efficiently and increasing their bottom line!

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Why Ultrasonic Cleaning is crucial for Food and Drug Companies

May 16th, 2011 by Frank Pedeflous

When it comes to the cleaning of parts and equipment used to process or dispense food, ultrasonic technology meets and exceeds the toughest of standards. In the food and drug industry, as you can imagine, inspectors must be extremely thorough. Using ultrasound will more than please even the most meticulous inspectors, reduce your labor overhead, and increase your bottom line.

Food and Drug Industry

Companies such as Anheuser-Busch and Natural Alternatives are using Omegasonics’ machines to ultrasonically clean processing and dispensing equipment.

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 www.Omegasonics.com

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Industrial Ultrasonic Cleaning Test Lab = “CSI: Simi Valley”

February 22nd, 2011 by Frank Pedeflous
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At Omegasonics, we refer to ourselves as “chemistry detectives”!

In previous posts we’ve talked about finding the right balance between ultrasonic chemistry, frequency, time, and process to maximize industrial ultrasonic cleaning efficiency. To uncover how to optimize these elements, we use our state-of-the-art testing lab located in Simi Valley, California. We think of our testing lab sort of like a “CSI crime scene lab” and even refer to ourselves as “chemistry detectives”.

Omegasonics has a large library of ultrasonic cleaning protocols for a variety of parts. However, if we get a call regarding an item that we have never tested before, we will have the client send us their dirty and contaminated parts. That will enable us to test different batches in different chemistries to find the most effective combinations. Time, temperature and orientation are all experimented with and varied. This information is cross-examined by an ultrasonic cleaning process sheet. A process sheet is a detailed series of instructions regarding temperature, time, etc… on how to clean an item along with a cleaning recipe.

After extensive research is conducted, Omegasonics isolates the best ultrasonic cleaning protocol, document the method, and send the items back to our customers along with the correct ultrasonic cleaning process. We can even put the testing on camera and upload it onto YouTube for real time observation.

If you or anyone else knows of an industrial tool or part with an unidentified cleaning process, contact us immediately! We love using our top notch test lab to uncover more ultrasonic cleaning mysteries. It’s elementary, my dear Watson it’s the smarter choice!

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