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Cleaning microscope objectives

Jan

11

2016

Microscope objectives are often used in very close vicinity of samples. It is therefore not uncommon to find traces of material on an objective. Cleaning an objective often involves special cleaning liquids, swabs, alcohol and/or pressurised air. However, this process is quite cumbersome since careful handling is required to avoid scratches on the lenses. Ultrasonic ...

Preventing cross-contamination during ultrasonic cleaning

Nov

29

2015

During the cleaning of medical instruments such as tweezers, dental drills and tattoo needles, special attention needs to be given to prevent contamination from one instrument to end up on the next instrument. This risk on so-called cross-contamination exists especially during ultrasonic cleaning, since contamination that has been removed from an object remains inside the ...

How to keep windows clean for 5 years

Nov

20

2015

Windows are continuously exposed to the elements, and contamination such as salts, bird excretions and soot from exhaust gases are often recurring contaminations. In applications such as windows on a tall building or lenses of cameras monitoring highway traffic, it is not always possible to manually clean such a window. But how do you keep ...

Special Issue of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry on ‘Cleaning with bubbles’

Nov

17

2015

Scientific magazine Ultrasonics Sonochemistry published a special edition on the topic ‘Cleaning with bubbles’. We are proud to have been Guest Editor for this special issue, which can now be found online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13504177/29. We have asked several renowned scientists with different expertises to answer the question on how bubbles exactly can clean: is it ...

Case study: cleaning a 3D printed model

Oct

17

2015

One of the popular 3D printing techniques is DLP (Digital Light Projection), in which a resin is being cured layer by layer using UV projections. This is a very accurate printing technology and results in detailed three-dimensional objects. However, after printing it is required to remove the uncured resin. This can be a challenging task ...

Microfluidic chips cleaning

Oct

7

2015

Microfluidic systems are becoming increasingly popular both in research and in industry. They are excellently suitable for performing analysis and reactions with only small volumes of liquid. For example, one drop of blood is enough to detect the presence of certain diseases. Microfluidic chips can also be extended to include optical components, sensors, gas chromatographs, ...

BuBble bag vs. glass beaker – which one gives better cleaning?

Sep

30

2015

Our BuBble bags enhance the formation of bubbles in an ultrasonic bath and should therefore clean better thane.g. glass or plastic beakers that people often use in ultrasonic baths. But how much better is the cleaning with BuBble bag really? In order to measure that, we used so-called cleaning indicators, which visually represent the the ...

Article on ‘Cleaning for 3D printing’ in Applied Acoustics

Jul

24

2015

We recently published an article on (ultrasonic) cleaning of 3D printed parts in the Applied Acoustics journal. Ultrasonic cleaning of 3D printed objects and Cleaning Challenge Devices B. Verhaagen, T. Zanderink and D. Fernandez Rivas Applied Acoustics (in press) DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2015.06.010 Additive manufacturing techniques were invented several decades ago, but it was not ...