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May 2026

Published by Barbara Kanegsberg at May 2026

Throughput and Critical Cleaning Equipment The Quest for New Cleaning Equipment Part 5

In critical product cleaning, achieving throughput means assuring that residue is removed from parts in a short enough time and that the parts are clean enough. Part of the decision involves sizing the cleaning equipment for adequate throughput. Throughput also means assuring that manufacturing “traffic” flows smoothly – with no […]

January 2020

Published by Barbara Kanegsberg at January 2020

Two Terrifying Cleaning Questions

(This article originally appeared in the January 2020 issue of Clean Source Newsletter) We were helping a client set up cleaning evaluations at a provider of cleaning equipment; and the client received a questionnaire asking for details. The first question: what manufacturing steps occur before the cleaning process to be […]

September 2019

Published by Ed Kanegsberg at September 2019

Soprano or Bass—What Ultrasonic Frequency to Use? Part 2: Being TACTful

As a professional in product cleaning, you probably have encountered the acronym TACT. The letters represent four key facets for effective cleaning, Temperature, Action, Chemistry, and Time. Action is the facet usually associated with ultrasonics. In Part 1, we focused on cleaning action and the relationship to frequency. However, ultrasonic […]