Automated Cleaning Technologies

  We work with your organization to engineer and manufacture the best industrial parts washers and industrial processing systems for your company. ACT provides integrated material handling solutions with automated load transfer and robotic pick and place systems to maximize your productivity. ACT offers full turnkey or partial installation and we can fully certify your staff and validate your processes.  

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Precision parts cleaning plays an invaluable role in maintaining your equipment and reducing down time as well as operational costs. […]

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A primary concern for any company is operational costs. Beyond simply keeping costs down, it is important to see to […]

ACT manufactures industrial cleaning and processing systems. We offer worldwide turnkey support, providing on-site system installation, training and certification of your staff, and on-site maintenance services. We offer integrated, process-specific hardware and custom programming with a full range of automation solutions, from single piece robotic to batch transfer with data logging.

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A primary concern for any company is operational costs. Beyond simply keeping costs down, it is important to see to […]

Automated Cleaning Technologies

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Sometimes our experience and capabilities can help out others in unexpected ways. A member of our community has a health condition that required the use of a colonoscopy bag. Each time a colonoscopy bag needs to be changed the resident must to precisely cut a hole in each new bag to fit their stoma to maintain good hygiene. Unfortunately, the resident was only given a flimsy cardboard template to cut each new colonoscopy bag, making it nearly impossible to routinely and precisely cut the necessary hole.

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Passivation is an important step in protecting and cleaning parts. Through the passivation phase of cleaning, stainless steel components are […]

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.

It is important to note that passivation is directly linked to cleanliness. If parts are dirty – especially oily – then the passivation process cannot occur. That’s why the majority of ACT cleaning systems and equipment includes pre-cleaning and rinsing stages ahead of the passivation stages.

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Establish A Budget for Parts Cleaning

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?

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Welders are getting it done everyday making custom and purpose built cleaning systems