I’m planning on making an ultrasonic cleaner for engine parts and also plan on sharing the build. They can be made for a fraction of the cost of what they can be bought for.
I assume some folks will get some benefit out of this.
My build is going to use 4 60w transducers fixed to the bottom of a steel sink. I plan on isolating the sink as best I can from any vibration to keep the energy directed towards the solution.
Does anyone have any insights on this before I get to buying shit?
Would i be able to use a single probe that contacts the solution instead of fixing transducers to the bottom of the sink?
I’m about to dismantle a busted ultrasonic bath to harvest it’s internal organs for use in dangerous scientific experiments, I will go live on Instagram when I do so and show you how it’s laid out
@vene.ficium
This will likely be happening tomorrow eve,but it depends really on the luck of the critters in da back 40
I need a freshly killed gray squirrel to proceed.
Awesome, ill be tuning in. What broke on your unit?
Not sure, it was found dead in a junkyard and I haven’t opened it up to find out, in good shape but had a sticker that says “doesn’t work”
Good enough for me.
Do you happen to know how many watts of ultrasound I should need to apply to roughly 500 gallons of water to still have a decent effect?
In the future I’d like to make an ultrasonic bath large enough to dip some engine blocks in. This project im posting about is just a precursor to a larger build
@SidViscous I bet you got something to add.
Go look on alibaba to they probably have some massive units, then go check the specs for the wattage. I don’t believe I’ve seen 500 gallon units before so you might not find it. The other problem with that is hot/cold spots.
This is why my initial thoughts on it were multiple transducers were better than one big one. But I’m not sure how I’m going to attach them.
How big of an issue will the hot spot be? I’m assuming I can’t fix the situation by just adding sacrificial circulation pumps to the reservoir.
When I was in Denver they had these three foot long probes that the dipshits were using to make drinks, like extract watermelon into rum
In styrofoam
Cups
I think it was a 20kw probe
They were planning on hammermilling down and pelletizing biomass, then rehydrating it In cryo-ethanol by blasting it with ultrasound in these massive reactors that then pumped the slurry into centrifuges the size of a Volkswagen
The insides of the evaporators matched to the ultrasonic reactors, there were four of them total each with multiple probe tips, they were mangled and pitted and total trash - the US skid was decent looking though
500gal? That’s a fuck ton of watts - but they use US to clean the heat exchanges on petroleum plants so they DO exist to that scale
You can see an example of an Olympic pool sized ultrasonic cleaner in this video series
Which is also the most awesomely dry And boring video on the subject I have ever seen yet filled with neat and useful info
For a bath of that size I would use a combo of horns dropped into the liquid surface coupled with transducers lining the walls of the bath
the horns can be repositioned for targeted cleaning, and when not in use you can solvate styrofoam byproducts and BPAs into your drinks better
We <3 you rowan
wrong thread, vote for pedro
Lol I meant to say 50 gallons. But thank you so far for what you’ve provided 
here are some specs on sonicors large tanks
As much as I love machines that shout at things to make them clean, generally jet washers are used for cleaning engine blocks because they require a fraction of the energy of US and are also better at removing chunks of shit that doesn’t dissolve (eg metal chip).
Rowan just go with these
(there’s several brands)
titanium rod transducers. They have several benefits such as: avoiding dead spots and hot spots, adaptable to most compatible containers.
httpss://www.ultracleansystems.com/titanium-rod-transducer-technology/
Can I get a transducer made that is not a rod
I guess I’m saying I’d rather use a jet washer than a Rowan for cleaning engine blocks?
I’ve got off what I can using a gas pressure washer, I don’t think a jet washer would be anymore effective than that.
I want the parts to squeak and shine.