Product category:
Cleaning media and cleaning systems
News Release from: Kerry Ultrasonics
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2003
HCFC 141B solvent replacement cuts
consumption
Concerned that moving away from HCFC 141B solvent would increase cleaning costs, users were reassured when a replacement mono-solvent system cut solvent consumption by 85%.
Kerry Ultrasonics is experiencing a significant increase in the number of enquiries received from customers seeking an alternative cleaning method to the use of solvent HCFC 141B Since 1 January 2002, 141B has been classed as an ozone-depleting substance under EC Regulation 2037/2000 and its use subject to a general ban
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Kerry's Microsolve solvent cleaning systems have been selected by customers in a wide variety of manufacturing sectors, ranging from precision parts for the aerospace and automotive industries, through electronics, to medical devices and precision optics and ophthalmics.
Customers who have replaced their 141B machine with a Microsolve unit regularly report a dramatic reduction in solvent consumption.
A medical device manufacturer, initially concerned that moving away from 141B would inevitably lead to increased cleaning costs, was reassured when its mono-solvent system cut solvent consumption by 85%, leaving solvent outlay unchanged.
Similarly, a co-solvent process has decreased solvent usage by 80% at a manufacturer of PCBs for military communication apparatus, effectively saving the company GBP 7,000 a year.
141B users have a choice of Microsolve processes: in broad terms, co-solvent for electronics or where contamination is particularly heavy, mono-solvent for general precision cleaning, and 3-sump where an extra immersion rinse is required for special applications and cleanroom use.
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