Nu Clean 800 Series Electronics Parts Cleaning System

  • Customer:  A company specializing in advanced photochromic lenses that adapt to light changes, offering enhanced visual comfort and protection.

  • Item to Clean: Cleaning Optical Lenses

  • Contamination: Processing oils, polishing residue, fine particulates, and chemical films from lens manufacturing

  • Cleanliness Required: Residue-free, optically clean surfaces suitable for coating and final inspection

  • Dryness Required: Completely dry with no water spots or streaking prior to downstream handling and coating

  • Process Parameters: Wash, Rinse, Dry

  • Production rate: Inline, continuous conveyor processing for high-volume lens production (full 18″ process width, automated flow)

  • Machine Type: Nu/Clean™ 318 XLR

Customer Background

A global manufacturer of advanced optical lenses and coatings serving the ophthalmic eyewear industry, focused on high-quality, high-volume precision production.

Challenge

Remove fine residues and chemicals from delicate optical lenses without damage, while meeting strict cleanliness and dryness standards at production speed.  Cleaning Optical Lenses safely and too strict standards.

Solution

Nu/Clean™ 318 XLR inline aqueous cleaning system with multi-stage wash, rinse, isolation, and advanced drying, configured with special belt pockets and radiant convected drying.

Cleaning Method
Inline multi-stage aqueous spray cleaning with heated wash, isolation rinse, recirculating rinse, final DI rinse, followed by high-efficiency air knife and IR tunnel drying.

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