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Vapor degreasers are cleaning machines which easily and quickly can clean metal, ceramic, glass or plastic parts. They are widely used in electronics, precision metal finishing, medical device manufacturing, aerospace and so on.The concept behind vapor degreasing is very simple. The parts are cleaned and rinsed in the cleaning fluid. But, while the cleaning is occurring,…

MicroCare cleaning fluids are easy to ship and store, even when shipping by air, which saves companies lots of money.  Because MicroCare, Tergo, Vertrel and Opteon vapor degreasing cleaning agents all are nonflammable and non-corrosive, they are not regulated as “dangerous goods” or hazardous materials within the US or internationally. Even though some cleaning agents are…

When disposing of MicroCare solvents, remember the solvents never wear out. Inside a vapor degreaser the solvent is automatically recycled, and can be used for hundreds or even thousands of cleaning operations. This is a major difference from aqueous cleaning, where the soaps and saponifiers are used only once.Some locations now are offering a recycling service,…

Safety first is the prime directive at MicroCare. As such, MicroCare Applications Experts can help you understand how to properly and safely use solvents and cleaning fluids.  A MicroCare representative can inspect your facility and your system to ensure that it is working properly; teach your employees about the solvent and present the proper methods…

Many of the MicroCare cleaning fluids technically are called “azeotropes.” That’s important because azeotropic cleaning lowers your costs, boosts cleaning effectiveness and enhances worker safety. While azeotropes are difficult to make, these strong benefits make the effort worthwhile. So the next question you’re going to ask is, what’s an azeotrope and how does an azeotrope do…

In the world of vapor degreasing, there are three types of solvent degreasing systems: mono-solvent cleaning, co-solvent cleaning and bi-solvent cleaning. Here we take a deep dive into the bi-solvent cleaning process:In general, the MicroCare mono-solvent cleaning fluids can perform all of the required cleaning jobs. But once in a while a customer has a particular contamination that can’t…