Ecoclean EcoCbase - Getting Started with Solvent Cleaning
With Ecoclean’s new EcoCbase, contaminants such as oils, greases, emulsions, and metal shavings can be efficiently removed. It offers a cost-effective entry point into high-performance and economical parts cleaning using halogenated hydrocarbons and modified alcohols.
The compact and flexible Ecoclean EcoCbase plug-and-play cleaning system was developed specifically for companies with lower capacity requirements and high standards for process reliability, resource efficiency, and energy efficiency. It can be customized to meet the needs of pre-cleaning, intermediate cleaning, and final cleaning applications. On the one hand, general industry is facing increasingly stringent requirements for component quality and cleanliness. On the other hand, more diversified product portfolios are leading to lower production volumes. To remain competitive in these circumstances, component cleaning must be carried out reliably, cost-effectively, and in an energy- and resource-efficient manner. For these applications, Ecoclean has developed the flexible EcoCbase—a cost-effective yet high-performance entry-level solution for cleaning with non-halogenated hydrocarbons and modified alcohols.It requires a footprint of only 2,000 x 1,400 mm or 2,500 x 1,600 mm (L x W). Its comparatively low transport height of 1,940 mm ensures that the single-chamber full-vacuum cleaning system can be easily installed even in areas with low ceiling heights. The maximum batch size for the EcoCbase S is 430 x 225 x 200 mm (L x W x H), with a weight of 50 kg; the M version is designed for batches weighing up to 75 kg with dimensions of 530 x 320 x 250 mm. The system is loaded manually as standard via an ergonomic loading station and can be automated upon request.
Solvent cleaning for lower capacity requirements
The system, which comes standard with a flood tank, ensures that the solvent is always available in optimal quality through full-flow filtration during filling and emptying of the working chamber, as well as through bypass filtration. If the system is equipped with a second tank, this tank features its own separate filtration system. Continuous solvent treatment via the integrated distillation unit also contributes to consistently optimal media quality. The separated oil is continuously discharged into an external tank with level monitoring. This enables the recovery of expensive machining oils, which, in addition to long media service life, contributes to low operating costs. The filling and emptying of the working chamber is tailored to the parts using frequency-controlled, high-performance flood pumps. To ensure that various components are cleaned according to specific requirements and to meet the corresponding cleanliness standards, the standard processes—steam degreasing, spray and immersion cleaning, and injection flood washing—can be freely combined with ultrasonic cleaning, Ultrasonic Plus, and Pulsed Pressure Cleaning (PPC). The cleaning effectiveness of these processes can be further enhanced by a frequency-controlled rotary drive for product rotation and part positioning. This high degree of flexibility ensures that the required cleanliness levels for pre-cleaning, intermediate cleaning, and final cleaning tasks are consistently achieved in a reliable and cost-effective manner. The EcoCbase will be on display at AMB 2026 in Stuttgart, September 15–19, in Hall 5, Booth C85.
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