Project #1
To determine how best to clean our parts.
10/08/2002
Creating vacuum tight equipment/chambers
4-6 inches diameter rings
Medium
Tim Clough
machining
packaging or drying then packaging
200/day
20/batch
Branson Ultrasonics
Simple Green Crystal, Daraclean 235, Daraclean 236
Black residue visible when parts are wiped clean wiper with acetone on wiper
For vacuum applications and customer's appearance needs
Skin packaged or bagged
days to months
wiper with acetone, visual inspection, water break, contact angle measurement, OSEE
Six trials have been performed. Two products were found to be more effective than the current cleaning process. Parts have been cleaned in the lab and analyzed with OSEE and compared to dirty parts and parts cleaned with the current process.