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January 2026

The Quest for New Cleaning Equipment Part 3: Extreme Investment and High-Power Cleaning

Writing an enormous check for cleaning equipment can be scary. Manufacturers engaged in critical cleaning and surface prep understand that effective product cleaning is essential for rugged finishing and for product reliability. How much should you spend? Are you spending wisely? What is the “just right” decision? The decision of […]
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

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 […]