The Best Soaps and Compounds for Your Vibratory System
Maintaining Equipment
Using vibratory soaps and compounds is an essential step in maintaining your vibratory system equipment and ensuring your parts and media remain clean and effective. However, not all vibratory soaps and compounds are created equal or should be used on specific materials. The team at Burr King is here to guide you through the selection process to ensure you choose the best vibratory soap and compound to meet your needs and application.
What Do Vibratory Cleaning Compounds Do?
Burr King’s vibratory soaps and compounds are proprietary formulas that are custom produced to ensure quality cleaning results. Vibratory soaps and compounds are not your average soap from the store; they are specially formulated to accomplish specific tasks on targeted materials, such as removing rust or acting as a deburring aid.
Vibratory cleaning compounds:
- Keep your vibratory system and parts clean and free of debris and oils
- Lubricate vibratory bowls and chambers to reduce friction while tumbling parts, extending the lifespan of your system lining
- Increase the shine and smoothness of your part through consistent deburring and oxidation removal
- Extend the lifespan of vibratory media by allowing it to breakdown uniformly
- Reduce part-on-part collision during the vibratory deburring process to produce a consistent finish on all pieces
Vibratory cleaning compounds accomplish a variety of essential functions that allow your vibratory system and process to operate at maximum efficiency, while also increasing your equipment’s lifespan over the long term.
5 Vibratory Soaps & Compounds for Ferrous Materials
As stated above, not all vibratory compounds can be used on every material. Burr King’s cleaning compounds are developed for specific uses, outcomes, and materials. Having the correct soap and compound will help to keep your vibratory system running optimally and your parts smooth and clean.
Depending on your specific needs, Burr King provides a variety of vibratory cleaning compounds uniquely developed for ferrous materials including:
- AR-60: An anti-rust liquid used to prevent oxidation and rust formation. This is an inhibitor only which lasts up to two days
- RUST X-100: An anti-rust dip used to prevent oxidation and rust formation. Can last up to two months if not diluted
- RUST X-300: An environmentally-safe, water-based rust remover. Can be used on rusted tools, auto parts, and firearms
- BKS-45: A liquid cleaning and deburring compound for use with non-metallic medias. Uniquely formulated to be low foam to eliminate plastic and synthetic media foaming problems and maximize plastic and synthetic media efficiency. Free rinsing, leaving no powdery residue. Non-chelated for ease of waste treatment. Ideal for anodizing
- BKB-40: A burnishing compound to prevent ferrous parts from rusting. Produces a bright finish on zinc, brass, copper, steel, and stainless steel
4 Vibratory Soaps & Compounds for Non-Ferrous Materials
Burr King is proud to offer customers specialized vibratory cleaning compounds for non-ferrous materials to achieve a variety of desired outcomes for both vibratory systems and parts.
Burr King’s vibratory cleaning compounds for non-ferrous materials include:
- BKS-60: A general purpose cleaner with a blend of high quality raw materials proven to be an effective compound for controlling the white film residue. Can be used with plastic, synthetic, and ceramic media
- BKS-70: A slightly alkaline compound that is safe for aluminum and most metals. It creates bright and clean parts and is free rinsing
- BKS-45: A liquid cleaning and deburring compound for use with non-metallic medias. Uniquely formulated to be low foam to eliminate plastic and synthetic media foaming problems and maximize plastic and synthetic media efficiency. Free rinsing, leaving no powdery residue. Non-chelated for ease of waste treatment. Ideal for anodizing
- BKS-32: A burnishing compound that is ideal for burnishing, deburring, and cleaning many types of metals and alloys. Not suitable for zinc and aluminum die cast. It is ideal for flow-through systems
Other Vibratory Cleaning Solution Options
While Burr King recommends our ferrous and non-ferrous vibratory cleaning compounds, we also offer additional, high quality cleaning options, depending on your application needs.
Other Burr King vibratory cleaning solutions we provide include:
- Defoamer BKDF: A low foam liquid that is an alkaline, non-abrasive cutting compound developed to mitigate foaming problems in vibratory finishing machines when using plastic media. This compound, when properly used, will remove oil, grease, and other related lubricants
- Anti-Stick Beads: These are crystal beads used to help prevent parts from sticking together or to the wall of the machine. These beads are not recommended for flow-through systems
- Citric Acid Crystals: Citric acid crystals are used to remove rust and paint from all materials and can also brighten yellow metals. If used for rust removal, the part must be dipped in an anti-rust compound upon removing it from the acid solution
Clean, Lubricate, & Cushion Your Vibratory System
Burr King’s vibratory soaps and compounds clean, lubricate, and cushion your vibratory system and can also clean and brighten your parts, while also decreasing cycle times and extending the life of your media pieces. The Burr King team are experts and will work with you to choose the right solution for your equipment and application.
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