Acoustically Test Ultrasonic Cleaning Tanks

The HCT hydrophone with MCT acoustic meter is a trustworthy instrument to characterize and monitor the acoustic properties of ultrasonic cleaning systems.   Its unique single point sensing design allows localized measurements to generate true 3-dimensional acoustic maps of the cleaning tank.

For many ultrasonic cleaning processes, achieving a uniform acoustic field is challenging. This is because there is a broad range of process variables that affect the acoustic field distribution including transducer-to-transducer variation, gas concentration, temperature gradients, flow rate, among others. Ultimately, this contributes to how well particles are removed directly affecting process yield.

The sensitivity (i.e., V/Pa) of any hydrophone will vary as a function of frequency. To account for this, each HCT hydrophone includes an acoustic calibration traceable to a National Laboratory, yielding results in standard physical units. Knowing an absolute physical result is particularly important for comparison studies between ultrasonic cleaning systems of different frequencies.

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