Environmentally-Conscious Cleaning for the Millennium

In the third millennium, we need relief from the inter-fraternity rivalry between aqueous and solvent cleaning. A new process has been developed to protect the environment and to clean parts, as well. This process (1) effectively cleans small complicated steel parts, (2) allows cleaning of parts on a continuous or batch basis, (3) substitutes the force from ultrasonic transducers for cleaning chemistry, (4) uses DI water with no rust preventives, and (5) allows recovery of water without significant contamination by soils.