Ultrasonic Cleaning Copper, Silver & Brass - Case Study

Process for cleaning copper, silver & brass tooling

Wash - Place the parts into the basket and submerge into the tank. Set for a cycle of 10 minutes.
Rinse - Transfer the parts from the wash basket into the rinse and leave for 2 minutes.
The parts where dried using a Kemet versa hot air dryer set at 50°C for 5 minutes, or alternatively using an air line.

% Satisfactorily Cleaned: 100%.
Etched effect: None

Process for cleaning copper

The piping was placed into the basket and then submerged into the tank and set for a cycle time of 20 minutes. As soon as the Sonics are turned on you can see the contamination being removed. After the wash cycle the parts have to be rinsed to neutralize any left on cleaning agent and contamination. Finally the parts were dried in the Versa hot air dryer set at 70°C for 5 minutes.

% Satisfactorily Cleaned: 100%.

Process for cleaning brass & copper

All parts were cleaned individually for test purposes; the parts were placed inside the basket then submerge inside the tank. All the parts had a 10 minute cleaning cycle in the ultrasoninc followed by a 3 minute rinse and 5 minutes in the hot air dryer.