Total solution provided for vapour degreasing

When EU legislation is demanding compliance with new demands in so many areas of the process industry, finishing companies are asking how to comply and survive at the same time.

Wherever one might compare pressures on the finishing industry around the world, one need look no further than the UK and Europe to find the most challenging circumstances.

At a time when EU legislation is demanding compliance with new demands in so many areas of the process industry, the inevitable question in people's minds must be: 'How can we comply and survive at the same time when we face such inevitable change?' A major area of concern for finishers lies with the degreasing of finished or semi-finished parts using the preferred method of vapour degreasing.

In an attempt to ensure a reliable solution for their individual needs, companies have had to meet machine manufacturers and then chemical suppliers separately to search for a suitable cleaning process.

Each might claim to be a specialist in their own field but it will have seemed all but impossible to find engineering and chemical expertise in one place.

* Complete cleaning system from one source - Baron Blakeslee, founded in 1890 and now a division of Enviro Tech International, is the most recognised, respected, and enduring name in vapour degreasing machine manufacture.

In turn, Enviro Tech is one of the most highly regarded specialists in solvent technology in the world.

This synergy offers the market a total package approach to advanced solvent cleaning technology, so often lacking from other sources.

The demand for vapour degreasing systems has led many machine manufacturers to excessive lead times for machine manufacture at a time when users are seeking early compliance, whereas Baron Blakeslee recognises the need to provide a solution with timescales to match customer needs.

Based on customer feedback, two vital needs remain essential with solvent vapour degreasing.

Firstly, the need to use and emit less solvent and secondly to ensure that no operator exposure issues exist.

Modern machines have the ability to use as little as one to 7 litre/week and this advanced engineering and operator training as standard, combines to eliminate risks.

By design, Baron Blakeslee fully addresses these needs to ensure health, safety and environmental responsibility are fully complied with, at highly competitive prices.

Having the versatility to use any non flammable solvent, each machine is delivered with a free fill of EnSolv, matched to meet application needs and proven during process selection.

From start to finish, a dedicated specialist's single objective is to provide the most effective outcome based on a user's individual criteria.

Full technical support and training remains at the heart of customer aftercare as a priority is to develop and maintain a strong and pro-active relationship with the user's staff.

Baron Blakeslee provides the 'peace of mind' that comes from dealing with a company that diligently cares for all users' needs, both for engineering and product.

Each stage of a user's needs will be fully validated to user satisfaction and a clear proposal will result to enable the user's process of choice to be commissioned in the timescales agreed.

This is important as it appears many companies are not meeting promises made and causing enormous disruption.

* Vapour degreasing - the predominant trends for degreasing systems continues to favour vapour degreasing, in part because the days of using high levels of solvent are long gone.

In general, the aim is to target less than one or two tonnes/year, making this type of cleaning highly effective, highly manageable and highly efficient.

Less use of space, less energy, faster process times and an exact quality of clean every cycle with no residues and a totally dry component, makes vapour degreasing far more efficient than water based systems, though both systems are available via Baron Blakeslee.

Baron Blakeslee is a specialist company owned by Enviro Tech International, Chicago, USA.

with its European arm based in London, UK.

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