Clean/Pretreat

A free webinar on navigating new solvent regulations in parts cleaning will be held on May 7 at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Change can be an unwanted headache many would rather not deal with unless forced to. 

Joshua McClellan is a Business Development Engineer at Hubbard-Hall.

The term “degreaser” is confusing as any cleaning chemistry or cleaning process that removes oils and greases is doing the task of degreasing.

With the U.S. EPA proposing to ban all uses of trichloroethylene in cleaning and vapor degreasing, many finishers wonder what alternatives they may have.

Barbara Kanegsberg is President of BFK Solutions, an industry leader in critical cleaning consulting in the finishing industry.

Bath maintenance is crucial to any finishing operation’s cleaning process.

Product manufacturers are likely to change the product cleaning process in the next two to five years.

More finishing operations want to move from solvent to aqueous as part of their cleaning operations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to ban all uses of trichloroethylene (TCE), which is used in cleaning and vapor degreasing.

Rust and corrosion inhibitors are characterized by their chemical type, optimum use, and related properties.

Vapor degreasing is a crucial method in various industrial operations for the precision cleaning of metal components.

Changing to a new product cleaning process costs time and money.

When we see clients, one of the first questions we ask is: Why?

After a recent program, a concerned attendee wanted to know: “Is there perchloroethylene in my aqueous cleaning agent?”

It’s an emergency! Regulators decide that the cleaning agent is unsafe for workers, neighborhoods, and/or the environment.

With the increasing regulatory pressure on PFAS which might impact the future use of fluorinated solvents in industrial parts cleaning, many companies are racing to find direct drop-in replacements.

Electrocleaning is a specialty surface treatment process that will be found in almost all plating operations, established in the surface preparation cycle.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding a webinar on its plan to ban methylene chloride.

Manufacturers are exploring critical cleaning processes that use a modified alcohol or an iso-paraffinic blend.

Torch Surface Technology, a division of Hubbard-Hall, says its Eco-Quest is a revolutionary advanced bonding and anti-corrosion treatment for all metals.

The metal finishing industry is interesting and unique in many ways.