Trial #1
To compare current cleaner to alternative cleaners in the removal of lubricant
Eight cleaners were selected from the laboratories database of effective testing and vendor information. These cleaners in addition to the clients current cleaner was diluted to 5% in 500 ml beakers using DI water. All nine were heated to 130 F on a hot plate. Twenty-seven preweighed coupons were coated with the Renocut lubricant. Coupons were allowed to sit for 1 hour before a second weight was measured. Three coupons were immersed into each solution and cleaned for 5 minutes using stir-bar agitation. At the end of the cleaning, coupons were rinsed for 30 seconds in tap water at 120 F, followed by 1 minute of drying with a heat gun at 500 F. Once coupons returned to room temperature, a final weight was recorded and product efficiencies were calculated.
The eqight cleaners removed over 90% of the oil from the coupons within the 5 minutes of immersion cleaning. The client supplied cleaner had one coupon that only removed 40% of the lubricant while the other two had 96% removed. It was not readily apparent why the one coupon removed so little of the contaminant. The standard deviation of the coupons was well outside the labs acceptable limits resulting in a retesting of the client supplied cleaner. When retested, the efficiency was found to be 92%. Five cleaners had greater than 96% removal of the lubricant. The following table lists the calculated efficiencies for all nine products and the retest.
| Cleaner
|
Coupon 1
|
Coupon 2
|
Coupon 3
|
Average
|
| Brulin
|
98.74
|
99.47
|
98.43
|
98.88
|
| Buckeye
|
95.09
|
93.10
|
93.53
|
93.91
|
| Envirosolutoins
|
94.52
|
94.29
|
89.29
|
92.70
|
| Gemtek
|
98.41
|
97.42
|
98.56
|
98.13
|
| Innovative
|
97.07
|
97.13
|
97.70
|
97.30
|
| Savogran
|
87.77
|
89.23
|
96.11
|
91.04
|
| Today
|
96.75
|
98.37
|
98.58
|
97.90
|
| Valtech
|
98.78
|
99.16
|
99.79
|
99.24
|
| Texo
|
95.59
|
97.84
|
41.21
|
78.21
|
| Texo Retest
|
90.52
|
94.12
|
92.01
|
92.22
|
Seven of the products with an efficiency over the client supplied cleaner will be retested using ultrasonic energy.
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