This guide is to be used by anyone developing cleaning requirements for specifications for manufacturing, maintenance, or overhaul. This guide has been designed to be application specific for each cleaning task and to assure the design engineer that the process selected by the industrial or manufacturing engineer will be compatible with both the part material and the subsequent process(es). This guide allows the industrial or manufacturing engineer to customize the selection of the cleaning product based on the materials of the part being cleaned; the cleanliness required for the subsequent process(es); and the environmental, cost, and health and safety concerns.

1. Scope

1.1 This guide is intended to assist design engineers, manufacturing/industrial engineers, and production managers in selecting the best fit cleaning agent and process. This guide takes into account environmental pollution prevention factors in a selection process.

1.2 This guide is not to be considered as a database of acceptable materials. It will guide the engineers and managers through the cleaning material selection process, calling for engineers to customize their selection based on the cleaning requirements for the cleaning tasks at hand. If a part can be cleaned, and kept clean, it can be cycled through several process steps that have cleaning requirements. This eliminates extra cleaning process steps during the total process. A total life cycle cost analysis or performance/cost of ownership study is recommended to compare the methods available.

1.3 This guide is for general industry manufacturing, equipment maintenance and remanufacturing operations, and to some extent precision cleaning of mechanical parts and assemblies. It is not intended to be used for optical, medical, or electronics applications, nor is it intended for dry-cleaning or super-critical fluid cleaning.

1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester

D92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester

D93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester

D2240 Test Method for Rubber Property--Durometer Hardness

D3167 Test Method for Floating Roller Peel Resistance of Adhesives

D3278 Test Methods for Flash Point of Liquids by Small Scale Closed-Cup Apparatus

D3519 Test Method for Foam in Aqueous Media (Blender Test)

D3601 Test Method for Foam In Aqueous Media (Bottle Test)

D3707 Test Method for Storage Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions by the Oven Test Method

D3709 Test Method for Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions Under Low to Ambient Temperature Cycling Conditions

D3762 Test Method for Adhesive-Bonded Surface Durability of Aluminum (Wedge Test)

E70 Test Method for pH of Aqueous Solutions With the Glass Electrode

E1720 Test Method for Determining Ready, Ultimate, Biodegradability of Organic Chemicals in a Sealed Vessel CO2 Production Test

F483 Practice for Total Immersion Corrosion Test for Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals

F484 Test Method for Stress Crazing of Acrylic Plastics in Contact with Liquid or Semi-Liquid Compounds

F485 Practice for Effects of Cleaners on Unpainted Aircraft Surfaces

F502 Test Method for Effects of Cleaning and Chemical Maintenance Materials on Painted Aircraft Surfaces

F519 Test Method for Mechanical Hydrogen Embrittlement Evaluation of Plating/Coating Processes and Service Environments

F945 Test Method for Stress-Corrosion of Titanium Alloys by Aircraft Engine Cleaning Materials

F1104 Test Method for Preparing Aircraft Cleaning Compounds, Liquid Type, Water Base, for Storage Stability Testing

F1110 Test Method for Sandwich Corrosion Test

F1111 Test Method for Corrosion of Low-Embrittling Cadmium Plate by Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals

G44 Practice for Exposure of Metals and Alloys by Alternate Immersion in Neutral 3.5 % Sodium Chloride Solution

G121 Practice for Preparation of Contaminated Test Coupons for the Evaluation of Cleaning Agents

G122 Test Method for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cleaning Agents

Military Standards

Other Documents

Keywords

aqueous cleaners; cleaner selection; cleaning agents; solvent substitution; solvents; Cleaning agents/processes; Design engineers; Engineering applications; Environmental pollution prevention; Industrial engineers; Manufacturing engineers; Production managers; Systems evaluation;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 71.100.40 (Surface active agents)

Citing ASTM Standards

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