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Ultrasonic Cleaners

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#55074

Ultrasonic Cleaners | 16 June, 2008

We are adding water soluble flux in our manufacturing. I need to add an ultrasonic cleaner to clean the pcb assemblies. I am looking for a table top unit that can handle boards up to 10.5" x 17". We run high mix/low-medium volume.

Any suggestions/advice/recommendations as to which make and model unit would work well for this application would be appreciated. Thanks.

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#55075

Ultrasonic Cleaners | 16 June, 2008

Try Crest-ultasonics.com Their sales people can help you with the right model number for your application. We have a couple of smaller units with years of service. Ask and see if circuit boards are an appropriate application. Ultrasonic cleaning is a little violent. When cleaning Cp6 nozzles that have pressed in cross pins, the violence of the imploding bubbles will cause the cross pins to "walk" out of the holes.

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#55076

Ultrasonic Cleaners | 16 June, 2008

We have used good industrial dish washers in the past. We washed very dense SMT boards with mulitiple BGA's. they always passed Ionic tests. You can buy these for as little as $500. The less expensive ones won't hold up to 140F water and suponifier but at that price you can throw them away when the pumps die.

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#55079

Ultrasonic Cleaners | 16 June, 2008

In the late 80s or early 90s, National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK researched the frequencies and power levels that could be used for ultrasonic cleaning of electronic boards. The resulting reports by Dr. Colin Lea or maybe Peter Foote were aimed at convincing stubborn military types that ultrasonic cleaning could be used to clean boards safely. Dr Chris Hunt or Alan Brewin may be able to direct you to the reports.

Ultrasonic cleaner equipment suppliers * Blackstone-NEY Ultrasonics, Division of Cleaning Technologies Group, LLC; PO Box 220, 9 N Main St, Jamestown, NY 14702-0220; 888-665-2340 716-665-2340 F716-665-2480 blackstone-ney.com * Branson; 41 Eagle Rd, POBox 1961, Danbury, CT 06813-1961; 203-796-0400 F203-796-0450 bransonultrasonics.com * Crest Ultrasonics; POBox 7266 Scotch Rd, Trenton, NJ 08628; 800-992-7378 crest-ultrasonics.com * Kerry Ultrasonics, Guyson Corporation of USA; WJ Grande Industrial Park, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-9090; 800-633-6677 518-587-7894 F518-587-7840 kerry.co.uk * Soniclean; 38 Anderson St, Thebarton SA 5031, Australia; +61 8 8234 8398 F+61 8 8234 8391 soniclean.com.au * Zenith Manufacturing & Chemical Corp; 85 Oak St, Norwood, NJ 07648-0412; 800-432-SONIC (7664) F201-768-6999 zenith-ultrasonics.com

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