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Hard Water, The Parts Washer’s Nemesis
Water is the universal solvent in the sense that it is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid. Not all water is the same, however, and the quality of your water may affect how well your parts washer … Continue reading
How Do You Know If You Have the Right Parts Washer?
Most people inherently understand what is required to clean things from doing dishes or washing the car. Some dirt will come off with soaking or spraying. Grease requires soap to remove. Stickiness or baked on grime will require scrubbing with … Continue reading
What Your Parts Washer Performance Should Be
Does your business need a new parts washer? Is your current parts washer performing efficiently and to specification? Does it need frequent repair? AEC Systems has been designing and manufacturing parts washers for decades. We want our customers to know … Continue reading
Why Is Aqueous Cleaning Better than Using Solvents?
Parts washers are unseen heroes of the everyday world, doing the task of keeping parts we never even consider clean. Most people don’t stop to think about how those parts washers do their jobs. How do grease, oil, grime, and … Continue reading
What Kind of Parts Washer Is Best for My Company’s Needs?
“What parts washer is best for my company’s needs?” This is the kind of question that AEC Systems can answer most authoritatively and comprehensively for our customers. If you are unfamilar with the range of parts washers, essentially there are … Continue reading
Waste Prevention and Management
In another blog we discussed one of the principles of green chemistry – designing safer chemicals. This time we’ll talk about another principle that AEC Systems considers paramount every time we design a parts washer for a client: prevention. It … Continue reading
The Zero-Waste Manufacturing Goal
This April the U.S. celebrated the 48th annual Earth Day, and news outlets all over the world focused on the work people are doing to conserve and preserve the environment. In the manufacturing world, many companies are making strides towards … Continue reading
Water, the Universal Solvent
Previously we’ve talked about solvents and how exposure to some solvents carries risks to health and well being. What is a solvent, though? In this blog we will answer that question and explain why water is the universal solvent. What … Continue reading
Grateful for West Michigan
This past election cycle states in the Rust Belt got more attention than they have in awhile as news anchors and pundits tried to figure out how formerly blue manufacturing states went red for the first time in years. One … Continue reading
Filling the Skills Gap in Michigan’s Manufacturing Sector
The second week in May is Michigan Manufacturing Week. Manufacturing in the state has been in recovery for a number of years now, adding necessary jobs for Michigan residents and contributing to an overall more robust economy. While this is … Continue reading