The perchlorethylene cleaning process, as we have read in some of the previous articles, is still in use for various applications, in which it proves able to ensure cleaning results that other technologies cannot achieve, be it due to the type of contamination on the parts, to their shape or material, or to the cleanliness requirements, which vary widely from an application to another.
However, more and more companies are now implementing new technologies that employ solvent with a low environmental impact to replace perchlorethylene as the cleaning agent, to the benefit not only of the environment and the operators’ health, but also of a leaner production flow and of an increased processing speed. This is the experience of Galtech, a well-established company operating in the oil-pressure field, which in 2013, following an overall reorganisation of the factory layout, invested in a modified alcohols vacuum cleaning system.
The plant, produced by IFP Europe, an Italian company based in Cittadella (PD, Italy), replaced the old perchlorethylene machines, inadequate to meet the higher quality and productivity requirements of the company.