Vacuum vapor degreasing equipment-North Kingstown,RI-Serec Corporation

Airless Vacuum Vapor
Degreasing Equipment Standard Airless Vacuum
Vapor Degreasing Machines Airless Vacuum Solvent
Extraction SystemsParts Cleaning ServicesPressure Vessel
Fabrication Refurbished & Used
Cleaning Equipment

Manufacturers Association | Green Award Winner

All Categories > Airless Vacuum Vapor Degreasing Equipment > Custom Airless Vacuum Vapor Degreasing Equipment

Printable Page Email

Email This Page

Save To Favorites


	Custom Airless Vacuum Vapor Degreasing Equipment

Email This Page

Save To Favorites

larger image

Serec developed the first Airless™ cleaning system in response to the 1990 Clean Air Act, and was awarded 8 patents for this revolutionary technology. True airless systems remove all atmospheric air from the process chamber prior to the introduction of solvent and do not reintroduce any air or non-condensable gases to the process chamber until cleaning is complete and all solvent is removed from the parts and chamber.

We specialize in designing and fabricating custom cleaning equipment given your exacting requirements. We can design a cleaning line from scratch or design a cleaning module to integrate with an existing machine line. Our machines are fully-automated and monitored with PLCs and controlled by touch screen HMIs. Our Airless™ systems are known in the industry as ‘The Best Cleaning Systems’ for a number of reasons, including the closed-loop vacuum design and negligible atmospheric emissions.

Advantages of Airless™/Vacuum Vapor Degreasing

Safety to the Work Area - Serec Corporation (TSC) Airless™ System’s are designed to contain less than 25 ppm in the degreaser prior to opening the chamber door. EPA testing consistently measured less than 15 ppm in the Serec chamber.
Low Emissions to the Environment - The Serec Airless™ System is a completely closed looped system. Emissions can escape only when opening the chamber. As a result, our Airless™ cleaning systems have practically zero emissions. Low Solvent Usage - The Serec Airless™ System typically recovers 99.9% of vapor and liquid solvent from the chamber during the drying process.
Flexible Operating Temperatures - Since Serec Airless™ units operate under full vacuum, the solvent in the system is boiling at any temperature. The concentration of the vapor in the chamber, however, is dramatically affected by the temperature. The Serec Airless™ System utilizes solvents at approximately 60-90% of the boiling point temperature, adding flexibility especially when processing temperature-sensitive material.
Better Cleaning Efficiency - Temperature is an important parameter when considering cleaning efficiency. Higher temperatures lower the viscosity of both the contaminant and solvent. Higher temperatures also promote faster solvent condensing and greater flushing volumes of solvent. The Serec Airless™ System can be optimized to operate at the highest, safest temperature for your particular cleaning equipment.
Excellent Drying - The Serec Airless™ System utilizes vacuum drying. Vacuum levels are so deep that solvent actually boils off the parts since heat is held in the parts. This heat source along with deep vacuum levels ensures all solvent removal from the part and chamber.
Reduced Waste - The Serec Airless™ System utilizes vacuum during distilling and solvent recovery. The solvent remaining after distilling is generally less than 0.1%. This minimizes the amount of solvent in the waste stream, which can lower costs considerably.
Elimination of Water Mixing With Solvent- The Serec Airless™ System is designed to eliminate any air/solvent vapor mixing. By preventing this interaction and the resulting corrosion concerns the Airless™ System can be fabricated with common carbon steel materials reducing equipment cost.
Solvent Compatibility - Since oxygen is removed prior to solvent vapor entering the vessel, flammable solvents can be used. Since there is no requirement on the solvent producing heavy vapors, solvents with low molecular weights can be used. Serec has designed units that use an alcohol.
Low Energy Costs - The Serec Airless™ System uses heat and cooling only when operating. There is no wasted energy in boiling off and condensing vapors when the machine is idle.
Reduced Reporting & Permit Costs - Serec designs systems so that emissions fall under the minimum permit requirements. Generally, this requires only the reporting of annual solvent usage. Since solvent usage is reduced 95% or more, as opposed to open top vapor degreasing, little record keeping and paperwork is required.
Reduced Maintenance Requirements - The Serec Airless™ Systems are self-cleaning. Since contaminants and water are continuously removed from the system, no shutdown and clean-out of the system is required.
Increased Capacity – Airless™ units have higher capacity than equivalently-sized open top degreasers because the airless design eliminated the need to limit the rate at which heat is added to the process chamber.

Specifications

Materials		Carbon Steel Stainless Steel (304,316)

What Is Cleaned Off		Petroleom-based organic oils Cutting fluids Wax Organic residue Solder flux Impregnated grease Soils

Solvents Used		Azeotropes & blends Chlorinated solvents (trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, methylene chloride) Combustible & flammable solvents HCFCs (AK-225) HFCs (DuPont Vertrel™) HFEs (3M Novec™ Fluids) Hydrocarbons Isopropyl alcohol n-propyl bromide

Chamber Size Limits		10" x 10" x 10" and up

Controls		Allen Bradley or Siemens PLCs Color Touch Screens Internet/Networking Capability Process Monitoring

Features		Dual chamber Enhanced/extra solvent distillation Rotation Ultrasonic cleaning

Part Materials		All metals and plastics

Compliances		BACT LEAR MACT NESHAP SCAQMD

DOWNLOADS


		Advantages of Airless Vacuum Vapor Degreasing (PDF, 92KB)

		Process Flow Diagram (PDF, 56KB)

		Serec Airless Cleaning System (PPT, 1614KB)

		Serec Airless Debinding Process (PDF, 84KB)

		Serec Degreasing Principles of Operation (PDF, 129KB)

		Serec Process (PDF, 115KB)

		Serec Tube Cleaners (PPT, 886KB)

		Solvent vs Aqueous (PPT, 997KB)

		Technical Discussions of Serec Vacuum Degreasing Equipment (PDF, 83KB)

Custom Airless Vacuum Vapor Degreasing Equipment

Materials

What Is Cleaned Off

Solvents Used

Chamber Size Limits

Controls

Features

Part Materials

Compliances