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Trial Number 0

Trial Purpose:

1st contaminant cleaning

Date Run:

04/03/2002

Experiment Procedure:

Eighteen preweighed coupons were coated with Bencyn B-5186 (64742-52-5, 9003-29-6, 39464-69-2, 63197-48-8) a heavy metal working fluid using a hand held swab. Coupons were reweighed. Nine coupons were clipped to wire racks and immersed into the Flow-Matic machine and cleaned for 1 minutes using ultrasonics at 92 F, removed and rinsed in a tap water spray and re-immersed into the ultrasonics for an additional 1 minute followed by a second 5 second rinse. The nine coupons were then dried using an air knife for 15 seconds and then using a Master Appliance heat gun at 500 F for 15 seconds. The second set of nine coupons followed the same cleaning cycle except they were hung on a wire stand and immersed into a Crest 40 kHz ultrasonic tank.

Trial Results:

Comparison of the two processes revealed that the Flow-Matic system was more effective than the traditional ultrasonic equipment. The following table lists the results obtained during the evaluation.

Table 1. Cleaning Efficiencies

Process Flow-Matic Traditional
  96.6 56.9
  95.0 70.0
  70.1 57.4
  93.1 51.7
  76.9 77.8
  68.0 74.1
  95.8 67.6
  95.2 77.8
  80.2 67.5
Average 85.7 66.8

Success Rating:

Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.

Conclusion:

For the heavy metal working fluid, the Flow-Matic system was more effective than the traditional ultrasonic method.

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