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Ultrasonic part cleaning demo

As a video supplement to the May 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Blue Wave Ultrasonics, Davenport, Iowa, filmed a demonstration of the ultrasonic cleaning process. CTE posted a slightly edited version of the video to its YouTube channel on April 16, 2013. 

The demonstration quickly became the most viewed video on CTE's YouTube channel. And it continues to draw viewers to this day. As of Dec. 4, 2019, the video has 376,971 views. 

Clean makes green

If debris or contaminants are not removed from parts, then measured values and physical dimensions can be affected, causing parts to behave unreliably and unpredictably, according to Cincinnati-based Cleaning Technologies Group LLC. “A new generation of industrial manufacturing is characterized by highly accurate machining and finishing processes, as well as precision manufacturing methods,” the company writes in a new e-book available online. “Manufacturing tolerances and acceptable limits in part variation are tighter than ever.”