{"id":7247,"date":"2018-10-17T19:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/?p=7247"},"modified":"2018-11-27T02:34:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:34:39","slug":"can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-clean-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/knowledge-center\/blog\/can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-clean-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Can an ultrasonic cleaner clean it?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the late 1990s, the children\u2019s TV show,\u00a0Bob the Builder\u00a0famously asked: \u201cCan we fix it?\u201d Maybe you\u2019re asking a similar question, but about ultrasonic cleaners: \u201cCan an ultrasonic cleaner clean it?\u201dIn most cases, the answer is \u201cyes it can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what is ultrasonic cleaning?<\/h2>\n

First off, what is ultrasonic cleaning and how does it work? Ultrasonic cleaning is made possible by the physical action of high-frequency sound waves traveling through a liquid. These waves, produced by a piezoelectric transducer hooked up to a diaphragm, move through the liquid and produce millions of microscopic bubbles when they strike the surface of an object. This effect is called cavitation. Bubbles created through cavitation are \u201cfilled\u201d with space, so there\u2019s nothing to keep them open. So, they collapse almost as fast as they are created, releasing tremendous bursts of vacuum energy in the form of heat and pressure. These jets of energy strike against the object to be cleaned, dislodging contaminants such as rust and grime. The result: fast and effective cleaning.<\/p>\n

So, what can an ultrasonic cleaner clean?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s probably easier to consider what an ultrasonic cleaner can\u2019t clean. After all, ultrasonic cleaning is used across a wide range of industries to clean a huge variety of materials. Ultrasonic cleaning is used to clean everything from medical implants to aerospace parts to carburetors to handguns. It shows its versatility when cleaning household items damaged by flood or smoke damage, for example. Even though ultrasonic cleaning can be used on the toughest industrial parts, it can also clean equally well grandmother\u2019s best china set after a fire has blackened it.<\/p>\n

There are only two main categories of items which can\u2019t be cleaned by ultrasonic cleaning: items which shouldn\u2019t be submerged in water because the liquid will damage them and items which can\u2019t be easily dried. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

So that means everything from Grandma\u2019s china to snowmobile carburetors can be cleaned with ultrasonic cleaners. Even electronic circuit boards can be cleaned. If they\u2019re not connected to electricity at the time, and they\u2019re properly dried out later on, it\u2019s perfectly safe, and they won\u2019t be harmed.<\/p>\n

And when an ultrasonic cleaner is combined with a forced air drying cabinet, then you\u2019ve got a potential cleaning assembly line operation going.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: if it\u2019s a surface contaminant, it can probably be removed from the object with the combination of ultrasonic waves and a detergent specially formulated for that type of grime.<\/p>\n

The list of contaminants that ultrasonic cleaning can\u2019t remove is about as short as the list of objects it can\u2019t clean. Ultrasonic cleaning can remove just about any type of dirt, rust, oil, grime, carbon and more.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re looking to clean any type of industrial or commercial part, especially if it\u2019s something that involves a lot of elbow grease and time, \u00a0consider investing in an ultrasonic cleaner.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t just take our word for it here. Got a question about what ultrasonic cleaners can clean and want to talk to someone about it? Call one of our ultrasonic experts at\u00a0Omegasonics<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0888-989-5560<\/span>\u00a0or email us at Omegasonics@Omegasonics.com. You can also get in touch with us by filling out our online contact form.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the late 1990s, the children\u2019s TV show,\u00a0Bob the Builder\u00a0famously asked: \u201cCan we fix it?\u201d Maybe you\u2019re asking a similar question, but about ultrasonic cleaners: \u201cCan an ultrasonic cleaner clean it?\u201dIn most cases, the answer is \u201cyes it can.\u201d So, what is ultrasonic cleaning? First off, what is ultrasonic cleaning and how does it work? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3203,"featured_media":7250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,82],"tags":[356,104,151,96,399,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-7247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"category-ultrasonic-cleaners","9":"tag-aerospace-cleaning","10":"tag-cavitation","11":"tag-disaster-restoration","12":"tag-industrial-cleaning","13":"tag-ultrasonic-cleaner","14":"tag-ultrasound","15":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/001B_Omegasonics_Blog_1000x772-Can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-clean-it.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/001B_Omegasonics_Blog_1000x772-Can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-clean-it.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Steve T","author_link":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/author\/stevetomegasonics-com\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}