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PQCW Webinar – Cleaning Equipment

Many effective degreasing solvents are becoming so regulated that using them is a hassle. You’ve heard about the alternative cleaning agents; now learn about using them successfully in the appropriate cleaning equipment. At the next Product Quality Cleaning Workshop webinar Olaf Tessarzyk of JCOM will explain how manufacturers can successfully clean product without heavily-regulated solvents. Find your optimal technology – solvents, aqueous, or a combination of the two. He will discuss design and costs of cleaning equipment. He will also cover process steps, testing at their Carlsbad CA facility, and case studies. PQCW instructors Darren Williams, Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg will discuss the benefits of various cleaning options with Olaf. Register for the July 18^th webinar; bring your questions. Set your mind at ease.

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Aqueous Cleaning On-Demand Course – Be Brilliant

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” This 1975 quote from Eppie Lederer, AKA Ann Landers, still rings true. Manufacturers who need to clean their product during fabrication and assembly often learn the costly consequences of not being adequately educated about cleaning agents and processes. One solution, that will not break the bank, is the On-Demand Aqueous Cleaning course from the Product Quality Cleaning Workshop teaching team of Dr. Darren Williams, Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg. In four digestible hour-long sessions, we cover the why’s and how’s of critical cleaning with water-based processes. We even include individualized discussion time with course takers. To learn more and to register go to https://www.shsu.edu/academics/chemistry/cleanresearch/on-demand-courses

Cleaning Tidbits from PQCW

Luxuriate in the long, lazy days of summer and enjoy “Clean Critically.” With each short episode (most are 9 to 15 minutes), you’ll discover insights to make cleaning, surface prep, and manufacturing more reliable, more efficient. “Clean Critically” features Product Quality Cleaning Workshop instructors Prof. Darren Williams, Ed Kanegsberg, and Barbara Kanegsberg. Access the playlist; subscribe to the series. Chill out; have fun; be successful.

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BFK Solutions to Present at Parts Cleaning Conference

BFK Solutions will present “Understand and Address the Regulatory Landscape” on September 10 at the Parts Cleaning Conference in Chicago. The conference is held in conjunction with IMTS2024. Impending regulations are increasingly likely to hamstring critical product cleaning in areas like metal finishing, electronics, optics, medical devices, and aerospace/aeronautics. Manufacturers cannot afford to be passive victims of regulatory activity; manufacturers cannot simply jump to any solutions that appear to comply. In the rush to remove “bad” chemicals from the plant, performance may take a back seat. The new process has to remove soils and residue effectively, at least as well as the one it is replacing. We will discuss the overall, potentially catastrophic impact of restrictive regulations on manufacturing. Using our experience working with the private, military and regulatory sectors and observations of current regulatory approaches as well as regulatory trends over the decades, we will discuss strategies and options including rational, scientific short-term actions and long-range strategies for critical cleaning.

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