LCS Company moves to a safer cleaning alternative with support from DGB Sales and MicroCare Steve Schmidt, Vice President at LCS Company was looking for a safer way to clean the custom metal stamped parts produced in their manufacturing facility. LCS was eager to replace their current cleaning solvent, TCE, in order to help protect their workers’ health and reduce the impact to the environment. When Dave Blackstone, vapor degreaser? Continued...
What is MIM? MIM, or Metal Injection Molding, is a metalworking process where finely-powdered metal is mixed with binder materials to create a “feedstock” that is then formed and hardened using injection molding. The MIM process allows high volume, intricate parts to be shaped in a single step. Materials advances in MIM technology allow manufacturers to produce large? Continued...
Top 5 Reasons to Switch to a Safer Solvent There are better choices than nPB and TCE to use in metal working companies and machine shops. New cleaning fluid choices that are less hazardous for workers and the environment. MicroCare provides modern metal cleaning fluids that will enhance safety and working conditions while cleaning and prepping metal parts for further processing. Learn the top? Continued...
Go Green with Critical Cleaning It is possible to Go Green with critical cleaning. In today’s demanding manufacturing environment, parts must leave the production floor perfectly clean, dry and ready for post-processing. Oils, dust, metal particulate and other production debris must be removed to ensure the next steps like painting, plating or welding are successfully completed. One of the? Continued...
Environmentally Better Metal Cleaning Environmentally better metal cleaning is possible. In today’s world where safety, compliance and energy efficiency are paramount, vapor degreasing is a modern, planet-friendly cleaning option. Fortunately, there are a number of good choices for ‘greener’ cleaning fluids too. Modern metal cleaning fluids meet strict global environmental regulations to help manufacturers replace outdated chlorinated solvents, like? Continued...
Energy Savings in Metal Parts Cleaning Get greater energy savings in metal parts cleaning with vapor degreasing. Vapor degreasing is a proven technology originally developed in the 1940s to clean aviation parts. Today, energy demands and growing environmental concerns are generating renewed interest in vapor degreasing since it uses little electricity and operates without water. Modern vapor degreasers use updated environmentally-progressive? Continued...
What is an Azeotrope? An azeotrope is both unique and difficult to find or make. So, it is both rare and special. When used in precision cleaning, an azeotrope has many benefits including lowering your cleaning costs, boosting your cleaning effectiveness and enhancing worker safety. MicroCare offers azeotrope cleaning fluids to help deliver better cleaning.
Top 5 Cost Saving Reasons to Switch to a Better Cleaning Fluid Have you considered all the cost-saving reasons to switch to a better cleaning fluid in your metal cleaning processes? Here are the top 5 ways you can save money with modern cleaning fluids.
Choosing a Metal Parts Cleaning Method: What You Need to Know Today, most metal fabricators and machine shops typically have two parts cleaning options. Aqueous water-based cleaning, or solvent-based cleaning inside a vapor degreaser. Both methods can provide quality cleaning results. However, each has its distinct drawbacks and advantages. Aqueous or water cleaning Aqueous cleaning is a process which uses water and chemical additives to get? Continued...
What are good HCFC-225 Replacements? The phase-out of the last major ozone-depleting solvent, HCFC-225, is underway. HCFCs were a “transitional chemistry” to ease industry’s conversion from old-style ozone-depleting solvents to ozone-safe cleaners. Made by Asahi, HCFC-225 is marketed under names including “AK-225” and “AsahiKlean.” AK-225 is widely used as a carrier fluid, a defluxer, a metal degreaser, and to purge? Continued...
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