Product category:
Washing and pretreatment
News Release from: Guyson International | Subject: Marr-Line single-stage wash machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2003
Single-stage aqueous wash cleans up
driveline part
Historically roll-formed driveline parts were cleaned with solvents, but environmental legislation has encouraged the manufacturer to change to an aqueous cleaning process.
A leading manufacturer of roll-formed driveline components with an International automotive customer base have yet again chosen Guyson International as its preferred wash plant supplier Three further Guyson Marr-Line single-stage wash machines have recently been installed in their prestigious West Country manufacturing facility
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Historically this quality of cleaning would have been achieved with solvent cleaning but due to increasing legislation in the usage and disposal of these chemicals an alternative more environmentally friendly aqueous cleaning process was found.
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Aqueous Parts Washer For The Smaller Workshop
A new, automatic, low cost, high impact aqueous power washer for degreasing and cleaning small to medium sized parts has been introduced by Guyson International.
Quality cleaning for metal worked components
Metal-worked aluminium components are literally singled out for individual treatment by a new, aqueous based, three stage, wash rinse and dry system from Guyson International.
A pump generating 4 bar of pressurised hot solution dislodges tenacious soils from the component surface and penetrates spaces beneath the low profile components, whilst a volume of 55 litres a minute effectively flushes and rinses away dislodged contaminants.
All delivered though a series of quick release pipe work and spray jets that enable ease of maintenance, thus reducing downtime, essential for such a high production orientated operation.
After processing the wash solution contains contaminants removed from the components, these consist of mineral oils and swarf and there is a constant need to improve component cleaner efficiency and extend the productive life of the oil splitting wash solution.
Often these 'split' oils can be removed with an oil skimmer but as these are high volume production machines an oil skimmer is not suitable owing to the downtime necessary for it to be used.
Instead quick release couplings are fitted to the wash tanks to enable an external coalescing tramp oil separator to be used.
The Guyson tramp oil separator draws contaminated wash solution continuously from the wash tank into the separator where a significant amount of tramp oil is removed by the combination of a coalescing media bed and an adjustable weir.
The cleaned wash solution is returned to the tank. Request a free brochure from Guyson International ...
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