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MONITORING SYSTEM ENSURES MINIMAL SOLVENT LOSS
Ultrasonic cleaners are solvent savers
An automatic monitoring system allows users of Guyson’s Kerry Microsolve cleaning machines to check the rate at which costly solvents are used during processing. The first of its kind to be offered by any manufacturer, this facility originally demonstrated a total consumption of just 2.4 litres during a seven-day test of a high-capacity Microsolve cosolvent cleaning unit.
Kerry customers across a range of industries are now benefiting from the device, without exception reporting solvent usage figures as good as, or better than, anticipated: a manufacturer of oilfield hydraulic components is running a 350 monosolvent machine on less than 3% HFE solvent usage per week, while an electronics user reports a 525 cosolvent system – with nearly three times the tank volume of a 350 – removing no-clean flux residue from PCBs and averaging less than 2% HFE solvent usage per week.
As well as demonstrating the solvent retention abilities of Guyson’s Kerry equipment, the monitoring system helps to minimise running costs because occasional increases in usage rate can be quickly spotted and rectified.
Whenever the fluid in the machine drops below a predetermined level, it is automatically topped up from a reservoir tank and the quantity delivered is logged in the PLC. This data can be downloaded into a spreadsheet, allowing users to create a comprehensive record of solvent usage over a period of time.
For the seven-day test, the auto top-up and monitoring system was used in conjunction with a Kerry Microsolve 350 cosolvent machine. The combination of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon solvents used by this machine provides safe, cost-effective cleaning with no ozone depletion potential, very low toxicity and little or no environmental impact. Cost-saving advantages of the cosolvent process include the fact that soils remain in the hydrocarbon phase, which can be easily separated and disposed of without loss of the more expensive fluorocarbon.
Achieving Compliance with the Solvent Emissions Directive (SED)
Do you need to replace trichloroethylene (trich, trike, TCE) or another CMR in your manufacturing process?
Go to our Ultrasonic FAQs page for more about this and our Trike Replacement Guide.
Free component trials
Whether your interest is in blast, wash or ultrasonic cleaning equipment, we offer FREE component trials, with no obligation to buy. To contact Guyson International, call on +44 (0)1756 799911, fax +44 (0)1756 790213, or email info@guyson.co.uk.
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