Volume XXIII, Issue 2 - February 2026

A tidal wave of cleaning and contamination issues does not have to be daunting. Give us a call!

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Feature Article

The Quest for Cleaning Equipment Part 4

Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg, BFK Solutions

What can go wrong when you buy new cleaning equipment? What can go wrong when you change the cleaning process? Lots! In Part 3 of this series, we discussed how money alone won’t buy happiness or effective cleaning and we talked about how more power does not necessarily make for better cleaning. In this episode, we cover three additional situations that impede successful process change. In the first example, a manufacturer designed and commissioned cleaning and surface equipment to cover all cleaning eventualities that were ever likely to be encountered. The second covers attempts to make overhead parts washers do the job of more costly cleaning equipment. Finally, we discuss people who may thwart your process change efforts and suggest that you lean into the joy of surfing on a Tsunami.

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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

2026 PQCW Hands-On Cleaning Workshop - Day 1 of Parts Cleaning Conference

We’re back! The groundbreaking, acclaimed “One Day Hands-on Parts Cleaning Workshop” Is back! We’ll be in Columbus OH on July 7, 2026, the first day of the Gardner Business Media sponsored Parts Cleaning Conference and Workshop. Product Quality Cleaning Workshop instructors Darren Williams, Ed Kanegsberg, and Barb Kanegsberg are putting together another practical, enjoyable program. Last year’s participants included surface finishers, assemblers, managers, analytical chemists, and cleaning agent formulators. They had a productive and fun-filled day. Sign up!

Product Quality Cleaning Workshop Preliminary Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast, check in

8:30 – Noon, Activities, Demonstrations

    • Become a molecule

    • Make water and oil mix

    • Ultrasonics

    • Rinsing, drying

    • Cleaning equipment

 AM Quiz

12:00 -- 1:15 Lunch, visit tabletops

1:15 – 4:30 PM, Activities, Demonstrations

    • Biological contamination

    • Cleaning, product damage, outgassing

    • Become a polymer

    • Fixture for effective cleaning - ultrasonics

    • How clean is clean enough

      • Compare cleaning, extraction, chromatography

      • Quick in-house testing, monitoring

      • Use outside labs efficiently

      • Meet the standards

    • Achieve the best cleaning process

 PM Quiz

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM reception with exhibitors

Sign up to attend workshop.

But wait, there’s more! – Days 2 & 3: Parts Cleaning Conference 2026

Gardner Business Media has announced the call for presentations for the July 8 – 9 Parts Cleaning Conference. Combined with the Parts Cleaning Workshop, that makes three days of cleaning! Three days of opportunities to solve your cleaning problems and to make manufacturing more productive. Be sure to submit your abstract. if you are provider of cleaning services or equipment, we invite you to also become a sponsor and table-top exhibitor.

More info here.

BFK Solutions. – independent consultants and practical educators

Our decades of experience help you make productive decisions about your cleaning processes, your manufacturing processes, your business. Contact Ed and Barbara Kanegsberg with concerns about cleaning, surface quality, regulatory issues - we’ll get back to you and discuss your cleaning issue, whether or not we do a project together! Suggest a topic – we may write about it! 

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