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Solvents in Industrial Cleaning

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Solvents are used in many industrial-cleaning applications including maintenance cleaning (e.g. mechanical parts, engines, brakes of motor vehicles) and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) cleaning (e.g. cleaning of bodywork or work pieces before further surface treatment). Solvents are used to remove oily grease, metal swarf, dust, and other impurities and protect against corrosion.

Solvents are also important for the cleaning of high precision mechanical parts such as ball bearings: for this application, perfect cleaning is essential to the proper functioning of the mechanical piece (remaining dirt would damage the metal) and critical to the safety in the application.

The microelectronics industry also uses electronic-grade solvents (i.e.: solvents with very low levels of metal ions) to produce micro-circuitry and to clean sensitive components.