Ultrasonic Cleaning - Aerospace Applications - 3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluids
Cleaning is an essential process in aircraft production, maintenance and repair to ensure safe operation. Effective cleaning agents must remove a wide range of contaminants, yet be compatible with a commonly-used metals, plastics and elastomers.
3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluids are designed to meet the critical requirements of your toughest maintenance and operational challenges and are well suited to precision cleaning of avionics circuitry.
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Many aerospace cleaning operations cannot tolerate water-based cleaning systems or are sensitive to residues left by the low volatility of compliant solvents. Often the platforms are simply handled more effectively with volatile solvents, such as 3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluids.
Want to learn more about ultrasonic cleaning?
How do I comply with ultrasonic cleaning legislation & regulation?
Why should I use Novec to replace my current ultrasonic cleaner?
Are you confused by the legislation & restrictions surrounding Trichloroethylene or Methylene Chloride or HFC Solvents used in your ultrasonic cleaning? Are you concerned by the quantity of nPB you are consuming? Or are the huge volumes of water being consumed in your aqueous cleaning becoming a hidden cost? Take a look at our comparison overview.
What equipment do I require?
Are you conducting ultrasonic cleaning for the first time? Want to understand how legislation around Trichloroethylene impacts on your equipment? Are you replacing your existing solvent with Novec but don't know if it can be used with your equipment? Let us help to guide you through.
Tell me about the ultrasonic cleaning process.
Want to know more about the ultrasonic cleaning process? Let our video demonstrations guide you through a start to finish process and see the advantages of vapour degreasing cleaning systems over aqueous cleaning.
How can I improve health & safety when cleaning with solvent?
Traditional ultrasonic cleaning solvents such as Trichloroethylene and nPB carry a number of carcinogenic risk phrases and some are also classed as CMRs (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Reproductive Toxin). Let us help you understand the risks, their impacts and ways to overcome them.
