b'Increasing cleanliness require- 20% enhanced surface nishments and achieving consistent cleaning results are common de- With combination technology hydrostatic guideways mands, he said. and linear motion on GrindSmart830XWTwo main criteria measure how clean a part must be: the visible par-ticle size and weight, which are mea-sured in microns and milligrams, and the invisible surface tension, which is measured in millinewtons per meter or by contact angle and indicates how much of a chemical is left on a surface.At Miraclean, Larkin said, we build for a variety of industries, and each customers cleaning require-ment is unique.She said requirements range from visual inspection and particle counts to water break tests and black light or white glove inspections.The Cleaning SystemsFinding the right parts cleaning machine or system is shockingly complicated, said Tom Kucklick, applications specialist at Graymills.A batch machine is widely used to simultaneously clean a large num-ber of small parts, which are placed in trays or baskets and go into one or more tanks depending on the number of stages. With a single-chamber machine, parts go inside the chamber, and the entire process takes place inside.One of the most common forms of parts cleaning is ultrasonic clean-ing. It can be used with just water, but adding a cleaning agent appro-priate for the part to be cleaned and the type of soiling present enhances cleanliness.The simplest form of water-based ultrasonic cleaning consists of a standard-size heated tank, such as about the author Yesenia Duran is a Chicago-based freelance journalist who covers cutting tools and tech- RollomaticUsa.comnology. She can be reached at sennyx@gmail.com.ctemag.com/cteguide.com43PartsCleaning.indd 43 3/16/20 5:15 PM'