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Water-Based Parts Cleaner Tailored to Customer’s Application

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Who?

A heat-treating company located in Michigan

What?

ZERUST® Chemical Group engineered AxxaWash™ water-based parts cleaner products tailored to the customer’s specific equipment and application

Why?

Water-based wash and rust preventative chemistries were leaving residue and rust on the metal parts

How?

ZERUST® Chemical Group staff visited the heat-treating facility to complete a process map and collect samples of the wash and rust preventative chemistries to bring back to the lab for comprehensive testing. After completing the testing on the samples and careful consideration of input from the heat-treater, ZERUST® Chemical Group Chemists engineered AxxaWash™ water-based parts cleaner products tailored to the customer’s specific equipment and application

Problem

A heat-treating company located in Michigan has used water-based wash and rust preventative chemistries from a large chemical manufacturer for the past 15 years. During this time, residue and rust problems have been accepted as status quo. Therefore, the heat-treating company contacted the chemical manufacturer to find a solution to this problem. However, the chemical manufacturer did not consider the heat-treater worth much attention, although they purchased four 55-gallon drums of chemistry each month.

Solution

The heat-treater contacted ZERUST® asking if they had the capability to custom formulate wash and rust preventatives to address the corrosion and residue problems they’ve been experiencing. ZERUST® Chemical Group staff visited the heat-treating facility to complete a process map and collect samples of the wash and rust preventative chemistries to bring back to the lab for comprehensive testing. After completing the testing on the samples and careful consideration of input from the heat-treater, ZERUST® Chemical Group Chemists engineered AxxaWash™ water-based parts cleaner products tailored to the customer’s specific equipment and application.

ZERUST® offers an increasing range of cost-effective, high-performance water-based parts cleaner fluids and rust preventative products. These products are formulated to work synergistically together to provide enhanced, comprehensive corrosion solutions for our customers. Backed by our global expert technical support and testing services, a comprehensive corrosion management program can be designed and deployed to meet each individual customer’s needs.

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Results

Results from a live trial with the ZERUST’s custom AxxaWash™ water-based parts cleaner products at the heat-treater’s facility demonstrated an improvement over the incumbent chemistry. Representatives from the-heat treater commented that they had never seen parts so clean. An extended trial to satisfy the end-user’s PPAP requirements is pending.

We’ve never seen parts so clean!

Representatives from the heat-treater

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