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Like a powerful version of a home dishwasher, aqueous parts washers use strong detergents mixed with heated water to provide a deep clean. Aqueous part washers are versatile and effective while being more environmentally friendly than traditional solvent parts washers.
Aqueous parts washers are widely useful for automotive repair, manufacturing, and any industry where tight tolerances or regulatory and environmental safety is paramount.
Solvent parts washers use high-intensity solvents to break down and dissolve soils, and are particularly effective at handling carbon buildups, grease, and other petroleum-based grime.
A more traditional and highly effective – but harsher and more environmentally hazardous – option, solvent parts washers are typically used in heavy industry and extreme environments where aqueous parts washers aren’t enough.
Whether an aqueous or a solvent parts washer is best for your business will depend entirely on your use case – both solutions have advantages and disadvantages, and certain industries or businesses may have a need for one over the other.
Typically, Fountain Industries recommends aqueous parts washers for most businesses – aqueous parts cleaning is effective, efficient, and more environmentally friendly than using harsh solvents. However, for the heaviest-duty cleaning – or for use cases in environments with less access to electricity – solvent parts cleaners can be the best solution.
The advantages of using a parts washer are numerous. For many industries such as manufacturing and auto repair, having clean parts is a necessity to guarantee a satisfied customer – dirty parts are unacceptable if sold brand-new, and may cause issues and premature failure when installed.
For other industries, the benefits of a parts washer are more efficiency and less downtime. By keeping mechanical parts clean, industrial machinery operates more efficiently, more effectively, and lasts longer – meaning the company will spend less money on repair and replacement down the line.
Parts washers come in all shapes and sizes – just like the parts that need washing. For small, delicate parts, a compact manual tank washer may be what you need to ensure a safe, gentle clean. For the largest parts, a high-capacity solvent washer may be the heavy-duty solution needed to get the deepest, most effective clean.
Fountain Industries builds parts washers in a variety of sizes and styles, with our largest capable of handling parts up to 1,000lbs. Reach out to us today to explore our product lines and find the parts washer best-suited to your needs.
Not all parts washers require an electrical hookup. While aqueous parts washers do require a heating element to heat the water and detergent needed to clean, some solvent parts washers are purely manual or air-powered, meaning they are able to be used without an electrical hookup.
Most Fountain Industries parts washers function on 115-volt power sources, although some products may be configured for other voltages.
Fountain Industries parts washers are available through a variety of different distribution channels. Our customers include service companies, industrial distributors and chemical companies, catalog companies, and international distributors. And of course, we’re happy to sell directly to you with no intermediary. It does not matter what your customer profile looks like or what your distribution channel requires, Fountain Industries is your one, best source.
Cars, trucks, and other vehicles are complex machines built with incredibly tight tolerances. This means that their mechanical parts need to be spotless to function effectively – especially the most important internal parts on engines, transmissions, and differentials.
Even a perfectly replaced part can still fail prematurely if the wrong bit of dirt gets into the wrong place, so having a parts washer to keep each part clean and pristine will allow your shop to perform higher-quality work, giving each customer the satisfaction and reliability you promise.
Giant industrial machinery is constantly working. Downtime means lost money, so these machines are always going – and always wearing down. As parts age and do their job, they build up dirt, oil, and grime, resulting in looser tolerances, more wear, and a greater chance of failure.
By investing in a high-quality parts washer to remove this buildup, you can keep each part of your machine clean, allowing it to do its job more efficiently, more effectively, and for longer without the need for costly replacement.
Spray cabinets use revolving nozzles to spray cleaning solutions onto dirty parts, removing grime, grease, and other soils. Spray cabinets function automatically and provide a high-quality surface clean, but may have more trouble getting deep into complicated shapes compared to traditional parts washers.
A spray cabinet can be an incredibly versatile and effective part cleaning option for automotive repair, heavy industry, and more – reach out to us here at Fountain Industries today to determine if a spray cabinet washer is right for your business.
