What is Cleaning?
Industrial parts cleaning is the process of removing contaminants like oil, grease and dirt from manufactured components to ensure their optimal performance and longevity.
It uses various methods such as solvent degreasing, immersion, ultrasonic cleaning and high-pressure spraying to clean different materials and contamination types. Our goal is to achieve a desired level of cleanliness, often to improve finishing or assembly.
Proper part cleaning improves product quality and longevity and helps ensure compliance with environmental standards. In certain industries, such as medical and semiconductor, cleaning protocols are critical to prevent contamination of parts.
Fathom’s Cleaning Services
Fathom offers cleaning services that prepare the parts we manufacture for finishing, other forms of additional processing and assembly. Here are some of the processes we use to ensure your parts are of the highest quality.
Vapor Degreasing
Vapor degreasing is a high-efficiency industrial cleaning process that uses solvent vapors to remove oils, waxes, flux and other contaminants from parts without scrubbing or water.
Ultrasonic Cleaning
Ultrasonic cleaning uses high-frequency sound waves to remove contaminants from parts submerged in a liquid solution through a process called cavitation. It’s a powerful, non-abrasive and precise cleaning method.
De-scaling
Descaling is the process of removing unwanted surface deposits, commonly referred to as “scale,” from metals. It provides a smooth surface finish and prepare the surface for subsequent finishing operations.
De-oxidizing
Deoxidizing of industrial parts is the process of removing unwanted oxygen, oxide layers (like rust or tarnish), and heat-treat scale from metal surfaces. A clean, oxide-free surface is essential for proper adhesion of coatings.
Why Our Customers Trust Fathom
Human-First Engineering
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