CLEANING WITH WATER

Greco Brothers Aqueous Cleaning Systems are the product of 50 years of custom engineering experience and technical expertise.

We have designed systems that harness water's tremendous power and utilize it to its fullest potential. From the initial cleaning station to the final rinse, water is constantly at work cleaning your parts and doing away with all foreign matter.

So, whether your cleaning requirement is the removal of heavy grease, light oil, or dust and fingerprints, let us show you why water is the natural cleaning solution.

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Aqueous Degreasing

Aqueous degreasing is a method of removing light oils from the work piece utilizing special equipment with a water-based, biodegradable cleaning compound. Depending on the cleaning compound chosen, the oil can be either emulsified or split to the surface. From the surface, it is skimmed to a separation compartment, where it is isolated from the cleaning area. Continuous filtration and liquid agitation is provided to aid in the cleaning process. Aqueous degreasing is most appropriate for cleaning parts that are contaminated with light oils, or as a preliminary cleaning operation prior to ultrasonic cleaning. For further details, see our aqueous degreaser literature.

Ultrasonic Cleaning
Ultrasonic cleaning is accomplished through the rapid formation and collapse of minute bubbles or cavities in a liquid. This phenomenon is called cavitation. It offers intense mechanical agitation combined with enhanced chemical activity. Parts that would ordinarily require intense hand scrubbing can often be cleaned in a matter of seconds with an ultrasonic cleaning system. Ultrasonics should be considered in applications where contaminants may be lodged in crevices, or where ultra-clean results are necessary. Its laborsaving advantages make it the fastest, most economical way to clean nearly any part.

How Does Ultrasonic Cleaning Work?
Three basic elements are required to produce cavitation: a generator, a tank, and a transducer. This combination of components produces an ultrasonic system. The intense agitation needed for cleaning occurs when standard electrical current is converted first to electrical energy of a higher frequency by the generator, then into ultrasound waves by the transducers. These transducers are either bonded to the tank bottom, or enclosed in a stainless steel housing which is mounted inside the tank. The sound waves produced by these transducers exert enormous pressures which loosen soils lodged in hard-to-reach areas of a work piece, including blind holes and crevices.


Construction Styles of Ultrasonic System

Multiple Compartment Counterflow Rinse (C): Counterflow rinsing is the process of flowing rinse water through multiple rinse stations in the opposite direction of the workflow (i.e., utilizing the overflow from the final rinse tank as the input source feeding the rinse tanks before it). A multiple compartment counterflow rinse system may use the same amount of water as a single overflow rinse, regardless of the number of compartments. By flowing the water in the opposite direction of the workflow, the contaminants are isolated and directed to the drain or recycler. This results in the work piece being introduced to successively cleaner rinses as it passes through the process.

Deionized Water Rinsing: The lower the mineral content in the rinse water, the less likely it is that the work pieces will stain during the drying process. Depending on the quality of the local water supply and the critical nature of the particular part being cleaned, deionized water rinsing may be necessary. Our recirculating deionized water rinse stations remove the minerals and organic matter from tap water and recirculate it through either of the rinse station configurations described above. For further details, see literature depicting our deionized water rinse system, or our closed-loop recirculator/deionizer.

Drying Systems

Most applications require that the work piece be dry before it proceeds to the next manufacturing step. Greco Brothers offers a broad selection of Hot Air Drying Systems. All of our dryers are constructed of insulated stainless steel, and designed to be energy efficient while maximizing production capacity. For difficult applications, such as work pieces that contain many complex cavities, we manufacture a full line of liquid displacement dryers.

For complete details, see our hot air drying systems, or, displacement drying systems.

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