Trial Purpose:
To evaluate products on second supplied cutting fluid.
Date Run:
01/31/2008Experiment Procedure:
The six products were selected based on effectiveness on the previous two trials. All six products and one of the client supplied solvents were used at full strength in 250 ml beakers at room temperature.
Twenty-one preweighed coupons were coated with Master Chemical Corporation Trim Sol sf (8002-05-9, 61789-85-3, 68410-99-1, 68991-48-0, 68603-15-6) cutting fluid using a handheld swab. The contaminated coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of soil added. Three coupons were immersed into each cleaning solution and manual raised and lowered in the cleaning solution to provide minimal mechanical agitation. After one minute of cleaning, the coupons were removed and dried for 30 seconds using compressed air at room temperature. Following air drying, the coupons were weighed a final time to determine the amount of soil remaining. Efficiency for each coupon was determined and average cleaning results for each product were calculated.
Trial Results:
Three products removed over 90% of the cutting fluid within one minute. Two more products removed over 80%. Only one product was not successful in removing the second cutting fluid. The table below lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the affiance for each coupon cleaned.
| Cleaner | Initial wt | Final wt | % Removed |
| Shopmaster RC | 0.1374 | 0.0130 | 90.54 |
| 0.0677 | 0.0171 | 74.74 | |
| 0.1189 | 0.0220 | 81.50 | |
| Soy Clear 1500 | 0.1412 | 0.0126 | 91.08 |
| 0.0774 | 0.0402 | 48.06 | |
| 0.0991 | 0.0297 | 70.03 | |
| Ionox HC 2 | 0.1254 | 0.0074 | 94.10 |
| 0.0672 | 0.0164 | 75.60 | |
| 0.1175 | 0.0103 | 91.23 | |
| Solsafe 245 | 0.1576 | 0.0005 | 99.68 |
| 0.1621 | 0.0000 | 100.00 | |
| 0.2679 | 0.0002 | 99.93 | |
| SC Actisolv | 0.1769 | 0.0103 | 94.18 |
| 0.2246 | 0.0128 | 94.30 | |
| 0.0950 | 0.0095 | 90.00 | |
| DS 104 | 0.1797 | 0.0002 | 99.89 |
| 0.0977 | 0.0005 | 99.49 | |
| 0.1842 | 0.0005 | 99.73 | |
| BioSpirits 8020 | 0.2779 | 0.0189 | 93.20 |
| 0.1027 | 0.0179 | 82.57 | |
| 0.1653 | 0.0138 | 91.65 |
Success Rating:
Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.Conclusion:
Three products worked better the previously used solvent and two others performed almost as well. The top products will be used on supplied parts.
