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The energy efficiency of vapor degreasing is one of the main advantages of solvent cleaning when compared to water cleaning. Water cleaning uses a great deal of electricity while solvent cleaning uses far, far less. For customers in locations where electricity is expensive, vapor degreasing is the most energy efficient and affordable way to clean.…

AK-225 is also called HCFC-225 and has now been phased-out across most of the world. It would not be a good choice for modern cleaning processes.To be fair, it has a few good points. It’s a moderately powerful. It works well in vapor degreasers. It is not flammable. It is not as aggressive on plastics…

Vapor degreasers actually are pretty simple machines. They use a straightforward thermo-mechanical process — boiling and condensing a low-boiling cleaning fluid — in conjunction with some clever hardware design to deliver high quality cleaning quickly, consistently, easily and inexpensively.The Vapor Degreaser DesignA vapor degreaser is a special type of still. In the simplest form, the degreaser boils…

Equipment costs vary widely, so it’s a little hard to provide an exact answer. It’s important to note that these systems have incredible through-put. While a $100,000 aqueous system is on the small size, for the same amount of money you can get a complex, full-featured, high-capacity solvent cleaning system and still have lower operating…

MicroCare cleaning agents are shipped in bottles, pails and drums. The largest package, metal drums, can weigh in excess of 600 lb./280 kilos. Moving such heavy objects is a serious undertaking and not to be attempted without the proper equipment, training and supervision.Full drums can be moved by forklift trucks and lifted onto racks to…

MicroCare flux removers generally do not have any shelf life restrictions. In other words, MicroCare products have an indefinite or unrestricted shelf life. This guarantee means that if the products are unopened, properly handled and carefully stored they will remain safe and effective for use for many years.The date of manufacture is printed on the…