Clean Source, The Official Journal of the Cleaning Lady and the Rocket Scientist

Volume XXIII, Issue 4 - May 2026

“Safety Expert" may be one of the many hats you wear. We can help you meet the challenge.

“Your writing style makes learning about a process some would consider to be dull actually quite the opposite.”

Clay Ferguson, Engineer

Feature Article

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

Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg

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 infamous Los Angeles-style traffic jams.

Cleaning cycle, sizing
Someone from a company selling the new cleaning machine may provide a throughput estimate. Throughput is provided in addition to the working dimensions of the chamber or the tank, or the conveyor belt width. Sometimes the phrase “sizing the equipment” is used. For batch cleaning, this involves estimating how many parts can reasonably fit into the process bath or process chamber and then multiplying by the cycle time. For in-line (conveyer belt) processes, the equipment supplier may size equipment based on the number of parts to be processed per unit time and the speed of the conveyor belt. The throughput estimate is essential information – but it is just that - an estimate. Consider a few more factors and avoid traffic jams, pile-ups, and complete freeway closures.

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Parts Cleaning Event 2026

Streamline your quest for effective product cleaning

Day 1 – the Hands-On Workshop

Do it, learn it! Invest one intensive day at our hands-on Parts Cleaning Workshop, Product Quality Cleaning Workshop (PQCW) instructors Darren Williams, Ed Kanegsberg, and Barb Kanegsberg will engage you in exercises and demonstrations that show cleaning works and why cleaning sometimes fails. Become a molecule! See how molecules interact from a molecule’s perspective.

How clean is clean enough? Don’t send samples to the lab, hope they “pass,” and then try to decipher the results. Dispel the mystery surrounding cleanliness testing. Understand how testing and measurement work from the standpoint of soils and residue.

The workshop is July 7 in Columbus, OH.

Days 2 and 3 The Conference

The Workshop is Day 1 of a 3-day Parts Cleaning Event, hosted by Gardner Business Media.

The Parts Cleaning Conference follows with two days of presentations. An exciting line-up of speakers to present more about cleaning, cleanliness testing, and managing safety/environmental concerns.

You will enjoy the entire event. To assure plenty of attention to each workshop participant, workshop space is limited, so register now!

https://www.partscleaningevent.com

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!