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Removing soldering flux and residues from new PCBs and dirt when reconditioning PCBs by using an ultrasonic PCB cleaner is faster and more gentle than soaking and scrubbing with sprays and solvents.  Manual PCB cleaning is time consuming, can damage delicate PCB assemblies and can be environmentally unfriendly.  An ultrasonic PCB cleaner provides your best assurance that contaminants have been completely removed from new or reconditioned board configurations. 

 How an Ultrasonic PCB Cleaner Works

If you are familiar with ultrasonic cleaning proceed to the next section.

Ultrasonic cleaners come in a variety of sizes and capacities ranging from benchtop to floor mounted industrial units.  Regardless of size, ultrasonic cleaners work in the same way. 

A tank sized to accommodate objects being cleaned contains a biodegradable cleaning solution formulated for the task at hand. 

Controls range from a simple on-off switch to more sophisticated timers, heaters and other features such as … Read the rest