What ever thermal cleaning is, it does a good job.
Could you explain the process to us?
Sure.
First the part goes into a thermal oven. Each oven features a main burner that will bake and
carbonize any grease,oil, paint, debris, or dirt on the work piece.Basically turning everything in to ash.
After baking, the parts are transfered to a blasting cabinet. The part is blasted using a special media (stainless steel pellets in my case). Both cabinets turn the part like a chicken on a rotiseree.
And thats basically it.
Cost me $50. But now I have a close to new 340 intake.
Sure.
First the part goes into a thermal oven. Each oven features a main burner that will bake and
carbonize any grease,oil, paint, debris, or dirt on the work piece.Basically turning everything in to ash.
After baking, the parts are transfered to a blasting cabinet. The part is blasted using a special media (stainless steel pellets in my case). Both cabinets turn the part like a chicken on a rotiseree.
And thats basically it.
Cost me $50. But now I have a close to new 340 intake.
Does it work on plastic???
WOW John, it did a fantastic job on the water by-pass fitting! LOL
Looks great!
This process came about due to the EPA doing away with the hot tank chemicals.
When I worked at a machine shop in NJ 3 decades ago we had a choice....pay all sorts of fees to use the caustic cleaners in our hot tank, would have been 8k a year just in fees, no chemicals, or use a earth friendly soap of some sorts. The temp. of the machine was turned way up. Did an ok job...but anything really grimey we sent to Star Crankshaft in PA...guess that PA was not as strict as Jersey was at the time.
When it came to disposal of the soap...we hooked a garden hose up to the cleaner and just ran it down the drain....this was the EPA approved method...go finger...