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Reduce Water Waste to Avoid Diluting Your Profits

Reducing water usage and increasing reuse is an essential part of productivity and profitability for businesses today. Today’s manufacturers and fabricators are realizing that they are major stakeholders in this global water conservation effort and that water conservation lowers costs. Water reuse not only conserves water, but it also improves process uptime and product quality, along with reducing rising disposal and maintenance costs. How does this affect industrial part washers?

Maximizing the Life of the Wash Solution

Companies that use parts washers want to maximize the lifespan of their wash solution because it’s so costly to dispose of hazardous byproducts. As oils and soils accumulate in the water over time, the effectiveness of cleaning may diminish due to loading of contamination.

With enough use, aqueous parts washers will generate sludge. This is a waste that can contain toxic metals and solvents from the cleaned parts. The water bath condition is affected by different types of contaminants, such as dirt, swarf, and grease, as well as how often the parts washer is used and how dirty the parts being washed are. At AEC we utilize a number of components to remove these contaminants and extend the life of the wash solution. These include:

  • Oil skimmers
  • Oil colescers
  • Magnetic filters
  • Magnetic chip drags
  • Sludge drags
  • Baghouse filters

Cleaners do have a limited lifespan, of course. They can become corrosive over time, and this is not good for the parts or the washer. However, incorporating filters, drags, and skimmers into your parts washing set up will decrease the number of times the tank will need to be changed per year.

Need to Reduce Your Water Waste?

If your company needs a parts cleaning system that will minimize waste water and remove byproducts like hazardous sludge in order to maximize the life of its wash solution, contact AEC Systems today.

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