parts2clean 2023: Parts cleaning along the entire process chain

Technical cleanliness cannot be achieved via a cleaning step at the end of production, but only along the entire process chain. The exhibitors at parts2clean 2023 will provide information about the factors to be taken into account and offer solutions.

As an important component of manufacturing processes, component cleaning ensures the quality and function of increasingly complex and compact products. However, the required technical cleanliness cannot be generated with a cleaning step at the end of production. It is a task along the process chain. The exhibitors at parts2clean will provide information about the factors that must be taken into account here, as well as solutions for adapted, efficient and sustainable preliminary, intermediate and final cleaning. A great deal of knowledge and know-how on this subject will also be imparted by the supporting program of the 20th leading international trade fair for industrial parts and surface cleaning from September 26 to 28, 2023, at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center (Germany).

Components for innovative products are becoming increasingly complex and compact in virtually all industrial sectors. At the same time, the demands on the power density and reliability of the products are increasing. This results in a significantly higher sensitivity of the parts to contamination and machining residues from production. The particulate and film cleanliness required for high quality and safe functioning of the products can therefore not be achieved with just one cleaning step at the end of production. Rather, it is necessary to evaluate each processing step, for example milling, forming, coating or assembling, with regard to its influence on the technical cleanliness of the entire product. "The tasks in parts and surface cleaning have not only become more diverse in recent years, but also more demanding," reports Christoph Nowak, Project Director at Deutsche Messe AG. "For the changed spectrum of tasks, exhibitors at parts2clean will present future-oriented solutions optimally adapted to the respective production step, component geometry and material, as well as contamination and cleanliness requirements. And that's regardless of whether it's a matter of preliminary or intermediate cleaning or final cleaning." This approach ensures that the required results are achieved in a stable, efficient and sustainable manner even in so-called high-purity cleaning applications, such as those found in the semiconductor supply industry, medical technology, sensor technology, electronics, aerospace and various areas of electromobility.

All segments of industrial parts and surface cleaning and all relevant suppliers are represented at parts2clean. The range of products and services includes equipment, systems, media and process technologies as well as containers and workpiece carriers for fluid-based processes and energy-efficient drying as well as solutions for water treatment and bath care. This also includes options for optimizing existing processes and designing them to be more energy-efficient. Technologies for dry cleaning will also be presented, for example CO2 snow blasting, plasma, laser, vibration, compressed air and vacuum bakeout processes. Other areas include the control, monitoring and inspection of cleaning, rinsing and drying processes and the achieved cleanliness. Innovative solutions will also be presented in the segments of cleaning automation, including parts handling, and for the digitalization and intelligent integration of cleaning processes in networked production environments. Topics such as a cleanliness-compatible manufacturing environment, for example cleanrooms and clean rooms, cleaning services and technical literature complete the range of offerings. "On the one hand, parts2clean thus offers users of industrial cleaning technology from all manufacturing sectors and product reprocessing a comprehensive overview of development trends, technologies, procedures and processes that is unparalleled at any other trade fair worldwide," reports Christoph Nowak. "On the other hand, the various products and services can be directly compared and solutions for individual tasks can be specifically discussed with different suppliers."

In addition to the exhibitor presentations, the sophisticated supporting program offers visitors a wide range of information, impetus and valuable knowledge for designing cleaning processes that are future-proof and sustainable, adapted to the respective requirements. This includes the special show "Technical Cleanliness" organized together with the CEC (Cleaning Excellence Center). In addition to presentations on current trends and developments and an exciting program of lectures, the German Industrial Parts Cleaning Association (FiT) will be presenting a highlight at its special show area: The presentation of the 2nd FiT2clean Award. The award, which is endowed with 10,000 euros, honors outstanding achievements and innovative solutions in industrial parts cleaning every year. The three-day integrated technical forum at parts2clean, whose technical coordination is handled by the Fraunhofer Cleaning Business Unit and the FiT, is one of the most sought-after sources of knowledge internationally. The simultaneously translated (German <> English) presentations by high-ranking experts from industry and associations, as well as from science and research, offer information on basic principles, on solutions for optimizing cleaning processes, on various developments and trends in industrial parts and surface cleaning, as well as on benchmark applications in selected industries and innovations in cleaning technology. Participation in the technical forum is free of charge for parts2clean visitors. Information on the supporting program as well as the complete lecture program of the technical forum will soon be available on the parts2clean homepage. (OM-07/23)

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