Project #1 / MRA Laboratories / Clients / Media

Name

Project #1

Test Objective

Replace TCE vapor degreasing operation with an environmentally improved system/process

Witnessed

No

Confidential

No

Help Implementing

No

Submission Date

02/25/1998

Representatives

John Barry

Substrates

Aluminum
Ceramics
Plastic

Sample Type

Product Use

Specialty multilayer ceramic capacitors

Percentages Cleaned

60% SS, 30% Ceramic bodies, 10% Al and plastics

Weight Min

25 g

Weight Max

7000 g

Approximate Size

5-36 inches

Approximate Size ID

Medium

Weight Range ID

Shape

Smooth

Hardness

Hard

Shape Type

Complex

Return Samples

No

Return Sample Address

Contaminants

Coatings
Paints

Samples Available

Yes

Pre Clean Manufacturing Step

variable

Post Clean Manufacturing Step

none

Parts Cleaned Per Week

Parts Cleaned Per Bath

Frequency

PSI

Equipments

Vapor Degreasing

Vendor

Cleaning Chemicals

Trichloroethylene

Concentration

Cleaning Temp

88

Cleaning Time

Variable

Cleaning Water Type

Problems With Current Method

Uses a hazardous chemical

Purpose of Cleaning

Remove residual ink and paints

Rinse Time

low pressure

Rinse Temp

room

Rinse Water Type

Drying Method

Air Blowoff

Drying Time

variable

Drying Temp

room

Storage Type ID

Stored

How Stored

How Long Stored

Analysis Method

No relation

Performance Test

Comments or Concerns

We do not clean any manufactured parts, only clean equipment/parts used in process

Summary

Several stages of testing was conducted to find a cleaner that could be used on all of the substrates the client dealt with. There was not one product that could do them all. Labs recommendations have been tested at facility.

Implementation

Yes

In Progress

No

Technolog Transfer

No

Analysis Only

No

Part Picture

Yes

Name	Class	Section
Trial #0	Trial	3
Trial #1	Trial	3
Trial #2	Trial	3
Trial #3	Trial	3
Trial #4	Trial	3

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Project #1