Aqueous Parts Washer Field Demonstration of New and Improved Parts Cleaning Systems)

Oct. 24, 2002: The U.S. Air Force Corrosion Prevention Office (AFCPO) issues a Final Technical Report summarizing the results of a study titled "AQUEOUS PARTS WASHER (APW) FIELD DEMONSTRATION OF NEW AND IMPROVED PARTS CLEANING SYSTEMS". EMC equipment was one of the equipment manufacturers chosen to be included in the study. Compared against their current automatic parts washing systems, the results achieved by the EMC POWERJET and EMC WATER EATER were quite positive. The following figures were based on a typical one year, average duty usage.

CLEANING EFFICIENCY:	57.2% IMPROVEMENT
MAN HOUR (LABOR) SAVINGS:	143 HOURS
PROCESS TIME REDUCTION:	428 TO 101 HOURS
MAINTENANCE TIME REDUCTION:	340 TO 4 HOURS

Some excerpts from the report.

"..the armament shop has been extremely
pleased with the performance of the EMC APW
to improve their cleaning process."

"For price and performance the
EMC models are hard to beat."

The full report is available here (Field Demonstration of New and Improved Parts Cleaning Systems) or at the U.S. AIR FORCE Corrosion Prevention & Control Website at AFCPO Home website. Under the PUBLICATIONS tab, go to the Reports section and open "Aqueous Parts Washer (APW) Field Demonstration of New and Improved Parts Cleaning System Report." Information related to the EMC Powerjet Automatic Parts Washer can be found on pages 11, and 19-24 of the report.