Ultrasonic Wire Cleaning0 pages
Wire Cleaning Equipment
Ultrasonic Cleaning
Wire Cleaning
Wire cleaner - front view.
Wire cleaner - rear view.
Wire cleaning requires intense
ultrasonic action concentrated in the
area immediately surrounding the
wire in order to clean at high wire
velocities. The WF3-16 transducer is
designed to focus the energy from
16 piezoelectric transducer elements
arrayed around a circular tube to
create the forces necessary to remove
scale, oxides, grease and drawing oils
quickly and efficiently. The Branson
wire cleaning product line ranges
from a single WF3-16 transducer and
generator to integrated cleaning
systems containing up to 4 transducers
and complete with heated solution
reservoirs, entrance and exit
vestibules, spray rinses, air wipes
and recirculation pumps and filters.
• Standard copper wire
APPLICATIONS
Successful cleaning applications
include:
• Cleans a variety of shapes
• Drawn carbon-steel wire
• Drawn welding wire
• Stainless steel welding wire
• Copper clad wire
• Coaxial cable
• Flat metal strips
• Multi-strand catheter wire
• Small diameter tubing
FEATURES
• Cleans at high speeds
• High rate of liquid turnover
• Straight through wire feeding
without bending
• Simplified work handling
• Expansion capability up to
4 transducers to adapt to high
line speed requirements
• Single or multiple strand cleaning
capability
• Sanitary flange connections between
modules for leak free operation
BASIC CLEANING LINE
A basic ultrasonic cleaning line consists
of from one to four WF3-16 transducers,