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Trial Number 9

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate selected products on third set of spindles using ultrasonic cleaning

Date Run:

05/11/2006

Experiment Procedure:

One of the three products was diluted to 5% using DI water and the other was diluted 50% in 600 ml beakers. The cleaning solutions were heated to 130 F in an ultrasonic tank.

The supplied parts were coated with a water based paint mixture. One end of spindle was immersed into a cleaning product and cleaned for 30 minutes using a 40 kHz ultrasonic tank. Visual observations were made at 5, 10, 20 and 30 minutes. After the cleaning, the part was rinsed in a tap water spray for 15 seconds at 120 F and air dried for 30 seconds at room temperature. The parts were then rubbed with a gloved hand to determine how easily the paint could be removed.

Trial Results:

The products removed most of the paint from the supplied parts. The observations made for each product are listed in the table below.

Cleaner Time End Observations
Inproclean 4000 T 5 1-Top No visual change
  10   Paint coming off
  20   Still paint at tip
  30   Pull paint off of tip; Mostly clean
Inproclean 4000 T 5 1-Base Paint peeling off; oil coming off
  10   Good removal
  20   Some paint hard to remove
  30   Still paint remaining; Mostly clean
SC Acitisolv 5 2-Top Paint peeling off base; coming loose
  10   Peel off paint
  20   Nearly clean
  30   Clean
SC Actisolv 5 2-Base Paint falling off; good removal of oil
  10   Good removal of paint and oil
  20   Nearly clean
  30   Mostly clean

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

Both products removed most of the oil and paint from the spindles after 30 minutes of ultrasonic cleaning.

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