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Feature
Cleaning
and descaling
machinery
and chemicals
EuroWire – January 2010
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n Internet site posted this question: “How to make descaling solution for different
types of scale?” The best answer, chosen by vote, was: “Generally by diluting
a concentrated master standard solution of known content, using volumetric
bottles. Usually the master solution is diluted 1:10 to 1:100.” The question was declared
“Resolved.”
This is satisfyingly decisive. But those charged with the cleaning and descaling operation in a modern
wire making facility would likely have withheld their vote until they had the answers to some questions
of their own: as to materials (steel, stainless, copper, nickel, titanium); processes (plasma, anodic,
electrolytic, magnetic, electronic, hydraulic); hybrid functions (descaling/annealing, deglassing, pickling,
passivating, corrosion inhibition, sanitation, finishing); plus temperature, salts and acids, thickeners,
surfactants, and a host of other descalant concerns.
Whether chemical or mechanical, the products and services presented in this section are offered by
suppliers who take the comprehensive view of their exacting skill.