{"id":7994,"date":"2007-03-20T19:02:43","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T19:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/?p=7994"},"modified":"2019-08-19T13:31:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:31:47","slug":"tube-fabricator-uses-ultrasonics-for-parts-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/knowledge-center\/article\/tube-fabricator-uses-ultrasonics-for-parts-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Tube fabricator uses ultrasonics for parts cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fabricator\/March 2007<\/em><\/p>\n

Situation<\/h2>\n
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Many manufacturers, large and small, are now discovering a great labor, time and toxic-solvent saving device: the ultrasonic tank.<\/p>\n

For many manufacturers parts cleaning traditionally calls for dedicated labor and toxic solvents, which often require special handling and disposal. Tube fabricator\u00a0Eaton Aerospace<\/a>\u00a0of Jackson, Mich., was no different.<\/p>\n

The company produces stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium tubing for conveying air, oil, water and coolant in aircraft and marine vehicles. Straight tubing arrives at the factory in diameters ranging from 0.75 in. to 3 in., and then the tubing is fabricated into complex shapes. Tube sections are cut to length and bent with lubricated mandrels, which are inserted into tubes to prevent kinking. After the tubes are bent, oils and tube bending lubricants must be removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are fussy about how their tubes look,\u201d said Bud Greener, Eaton Aerospace\u2019s manufacturing engineer. A clean, well-fabricated product is needed to meet manufacturers\u2019 tough quality standards.<\/p>\n

For many years, Greener and his team cleaned tubing with mineral spirits and Stoddard solvent, a petroleum mixture that requires special storage, usage and disposal. The company wanted a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly parts-cleaning process.<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the WESTEC trade show, Greener and his supervisor discovered ultrasound products. Impressed by what they saw, they commissioned Omegasonics to retrofit two 300-gal. tanks for ultrasonic cleaning of tubes. Omegasonics also supplied generators and other components, as well as floor model machines.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to the ultrasonic systems, we cleaned tubes manually. Now we put them into the cleaning systems, adjust the settings, and walk away to do something else while the parts are being cleaned,\u201d Greener said. Eaton Aerospace\u2019s tanks use specialized, environmentally friendly cleaning solutions, heat, water and ultrasonic sound waves for cleaning.<\/p>\n

Not only has the tube fabricator experienced labor savings with the new cleaning approach, it also has found that the system does a more effective cleaning job because of the liquid\u2019s cavitation properties. It can reach areas human hands and other devices can\u2019t reach.<\/p>\n

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