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PRETREATMENT, SURFACE PREPARATION, DEGREASING & CLEANING
WE ARE AT SURFACE WORLD LIVE 2020
Surface treatment and aqueous cleaning
equipment from a single source
Turbex (www.turbex.co.uk),
a leading provider of surface
treatment lines, industrial
washing machines and non-
destructive FPI (fluorescent
penetrant inspection) test
equipment, will highlight its
ability to supply problem-
solving solutions to meet
customers’ needs.
The firm's product portfolio includes the
Galvatek range of plant for applications such
as anodising, chemical cleaning or etching.
The equipment is especially well known in the
aerospace industry, as its lines are used in
factories manufacturing aircraft parts and
engine components as well as in the
maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)
sector. Supply of anodising plant forms a
large part of the business. Such facilities
comprise one or several lines and typically
use TSA (tartaric sulphuric acid) or PSA
(phosphoric sulphuric acid).
Turbex is also market leader in the UK for the
supply of aqueous cleaning and drying
systems for batch or in-line processing, which
will also be promoted at the show. More than
100 standard models in the range include
front- and top-loading spray washers,
multi-stage automatic or manual ultrasonic
systems, bench top and floor standing
ultrasonic models, precision machines with
basket rotation
and flood
options, and
tunnel cleaning
lines.
One range of
machines uses
a world-
patented
system whereby
rotation of the
holding basket
and spray jets
is individually
adjustable,
allowing them
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to rotate in the same or opposite directions.
Programs can be tailored, together with other
movement options such as rocking of the
basket, to wash even the most complex parts
efficiently.
The equipment is aimed primarily at
high-precision applications, with the
possibility of simulated clean room
conditions. Global and targeted cleaning is
available in a single process and there will
be an announcement at the show concerning
a brand new feature, vector kinematics.
Another focus will be modular and bespoke,
high precision, ultrasonic cleaning machines
with automation. A hallmark of their
construction is multi-frequency ultrasonics,
whereby a single transducer can generate
two different ultrasonic frequencies.
Consequently, dis-similar components and
materials can be handled optimally in the
same tank.
For processing
larger parts,
Turbex offers the
ACV range of
PLC-controlled
front-loading,
spray washing and
rinsing models.
They are
particularly
popular for
degreasing,
phosphating, paint
removal, de-
rusting and
de-scaling.
Manufactured from stainless steel, the
machine programme comprises single- and
multi-stage units. Standard sizes range from
one to three metres in diameter, although
larger dimensions are available. The
equipment provides a high level of cleaning
performance due to ingenious design
principles combined with elevated liquid flow
rates and spray pressures generated by the
powerful pump.
The FPI test equipment completes the Turbex
offering. Through the company's long
experience of component cleaning dating
back to 1981, it has developed an extensive
knowledge of the technology and the
techniques required for testing and reporting.
Its systems utilise expertise in automation and
process control to provide consistency and
traceability.
Visit: www.turbex.co.uk
A Galvatek automated anodising line supplied
by Turbex to BCW Treatments, Burnley.
A Turbex AC-1.7-2 aqueous cleaning machine
for batch processing cast iron components
supplied by Turbex to Selwood's pump
production facility in Hampshire.
A Turbex Pro 550 six-stage, aqueous,
ultrasonic cleaning line installed at
Assembly Techniques, Dukinfi eld.
JANUARY 2020
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