Aqueous cleaning processes for high-purity surfaces

Optimisation of existing lines. Process development from scratch. On-site cleaning trials. Workshops for the creation of new cleaning processes.

Fast Process Audits

One day on site, fixed price, report — with follow-up questions answered.

Call & review: 30 minutes online, a look at your data and parts. Free of charge.

On-site analysis: One day on the shop floor, measurements and trials. Result: a report with prioritised measures.

Implementation & proof: online support through to series readiness, with documented cleanliness and trained staff.

Solvent-based cleaning for high-purity surfaces

Custom solvent formulations for removing special coatings, paints, and oils from sensitive surfaces — developed and validated in collaboration with qualified manufacturing partners.

Custom cleaning processes

Individually developed cleaning processes, matched to your substrate and process.

Training & workshops

One-day seminars on cleaning technology, ultrapure water, and materials. In-house workshops included as standard after every project.

Process documentation & ongoing support

Written action protocol after every visit. Continued process monitoring available on request.

I support projects from the initial process analysis through the trial phase to ongoing optimisation. Supplying chemicals alone does not create the confidence needed to change a critical process.

Root-cause analysis instead of parameter tweaking

Unstable cleaning results are rarely fixed by higher dosing or temperature. I examine every cleaning stage, equipment and process parameters, contamination types, bath life and bath loading — and derive a cleaning concept that works reliably and material-compatibly across different substrates.

Development

Where no standard product fits, I develop a suitable medium together with the chemical supplier. Example: Dyeing solution for eyeglasses.

Process design for new equipment

For new cleaning lines I design the processes together with the user, the equipment manufacturer and the chemical supplier — matched to cleanliness requirement, substrate, contamination and throughput. The result is a process library from short finish cleaning to multi-stage precision cleaning, selectable by machine program.

International process analysis

Direct plant-side diagnostics since 2017 — Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, USA (multiple sites).

Process changes at critical points are proven under production conditions, not in the beaker. At one coating company the trial phase ran for almost a year: first on a small ultrasonic immersion system, then transferred to the main production line.

Consulting in Europe and worldwide

30 years of experience in many industries

Optics, eyeglasses, glass-ceramics, stainless steel (medical technology), aluminium (also anodised), non-ferrous metals, cemented carbide, chrome coatings, plastics, electronics and others.