Optical Lens Cleaning
Q. How do you clean wax marks on optical lenses which are difficult to remove?
A. Use either 1% Alconox or Liquinox in a heated 160 deg F ultrasonic bath followed by a deionized water rinse to clean optical lenses during manufacturing.
Sewage Sampling Equipment Cleaner
Q. We have a client who is about to begin using a peristaltic pump to obtain sewage samples from multiple sources. How should they clean the pump and tubing?
A. To clean the pump and tubing use a warm 1% Liquinox solution (10 mL/L) followed by a thorough rinse. You can pump 1 system volume of Liquinox through the tubing using . . .
Sonicating hardened tool steel
Q. We need to find an alternative cleaning solution we can use to sonicate metal (hardened steel) tools with that won’t rust them.
A. Hardened tool steel is prone to flash rusting on exposure to water and humidity with dissolved oxygen if there are no corrosion inhibitors present. You can clean tool steel in a warm Alconox solution (less than 120 deg F or less than 45 deg C) followed by an ambient temperature rinse (circa 70 deg C or 20 deg F) and a rapid …
Thin tube cleaning
Q. How can I use Citranox to clean thin tubes or needles?
A. To clean thin tubes, the best thing is to get cleaning solution flowing through the tubes. If you want to simultaneously clean the inside and outside of the tube, you need to flow solution through the tube under immersion. Learn More.
Industrial Laser Chiller Cleaning
Q. Chillers get scale build-up that reduce their heat transfer efficiency, thereby reducing their chiller performance. In particular industrial lasers need good chiller performance.
Therefore, use a 2% Citranox or Citrajet solution to remove calcium scale build-up. Be sure a 100 micron filter of adequate flow rating is installed in the coolant path. Be sure no galvanized pipe is in the system. Learn More.