Automated Cleaning Technologies

Passivation is the removal of exogenous ferrous material from the surface of stainless steel parts, creating a hard chrome “passive” layer to provide protection to the stainless steel, leaving the surface ferrous metal free. Two different paths to proper passivation can be used with proven success in ACT's systems: nitric or citric passivation. Care should be taken to research your passivation requirements, and to understand the ramifications of using nitric acid in production facilities. For this reason, the bulk of ACT’s passivation equipment and systems are engineered around citric passivation. ACT has a strong business relationship with Stellar Solutions, www.citrisurf.com, the world leader in citric passivation formulary. ACT’s passivation equipment and systems and Citrisurf® chemistries are ideal pairings for safe and cost effective passivation of stainless steel parts in any environment.

If your company needs to clean new or used parts as a segment of your manufacturing or re-manufacturing operation, learn how to budget properly for the eventual requirement to break away from manual cleaning.

Up until now, your operation has functioned well enough, and within budget, using a manual cleaning system. You may have even decided that using a manual system is safer for your parts and ensures a more thorough job of getting the parts cleaned. For many years, that was the case for industrial operations around the globe.

It made sense to entrust the cleaning of precision components to individual personnel trained to handle your inventory with care, and who would painstakingly work at cleaning each part thoroughly. It made sense, at least, until the volume and pace of your operation reached a point where manual cleaning was no longer practical, cost-effective, or efficient. Now what?