Army-Influenced Cleaning Guide is Time-Saving Tool
Stymied by a barrage of cleaners for your industrial operations? In an effort to eliminate hazardous materials and processes, tighter environmental controls have caused a switch from solvent-based to water-based or new solvent cleaners, creating compatibility issues. Without a reference guide, expensive trial and error often determine a cleaner’s level of effectiveness.
Pinpointing key steps that evaluate potential cleaning agents for specific tasks, Standard D 6361, Guide for Selecting Cleaning Agents and Processes, is available from American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). It allows the industrial or manufacturing engineer to customize selection of cleaning agents and processes based on the part’s material, size, shape and reason to be cleaned. When selected, appropriate tests are then suggested for the cleaner’s physical and chemical properties, material compatibility and applicable processes.