Andrew Taylor

If you’re looking for a cost-effective and sustainable solution for your filtration needs, consider switching to polyester filters. At Sonic Solutions, we’ve seen firsthand the remarkable benefits these filters offer compared to traditional paper filters.   Key Advantages of Polyester […]

We are very happy to announce that our customer base has now expanded internationally. 

A case study on how we created a HUGE direct cost saving of over £75,300 per annum on replacement plastic extrusion filters.

Is your team constantly pulled away from their main responsibilities to handle the time-consuming and tedious task of cleaning industrial parts and equipment? Andrew Taylor, Managing Director of Sonic Solutions, explains how his company can take this burden off your […]

Light aircraft like Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft have a specialised heat exchanger that periodically blocks up internally with carbonised oils and greases. and externally in the fine aluminium heat dissipating fins from airborne particulates.

A large UK printing company coating auto fabrics were having a problem with the coating curing onto their chtome anilox roller and blocking the cells.

A leading Scottish oilfield technology company make electrical sensors for the artificial lift systems sector of the oil industry.

One of the UKs leading Rail operators had an issue regarding the large electronic cables, power sockets and internet lines that run between the train carriages.

One of the largest oil companies had a problem with one of their oil wells. This oil well had a very high sulphur content which made the separation of oil from sea water using hydrocyclones very difficult.

Four months ago I, along with many others, informed my customers and suppliers of how we were going to operate during lockdown. It seems like a lifetime ago, but now it appears that it is time for life to start […]

In this blog post we literally take a deep dive into the various elements that make up an ultrasonic cleaning bath.  We cover everything from the components of the bath itself, right through to the cleaning solutions we use so […]

We outline the safety, operational, financial and communication measures that we’re taking to stay safe whilst continuing to support our customers through these challenging times.

Typically the parts we ultrasonic clean for plastic recyclers are the filters, the heat exchangers, the print rollers and other precision-engineered parts that have small holes or internal cavities that require cleaning. They are difficult, if not impossible, to clean […]

A leading UK plastics recycler started having their Erema hot melt lasered filter screens ultrasonically cleaned instead of replaced after burning off. This resulted in annual cost savings on replacement discs that THEY estimated at £75,328. In addition to these […]

One of the great things about ultrasonic cleaning is that it can be done to remove virtually every type of contaminant simply by varying the chemistry of the cleaning solution. Whilst this flexibility is one of the major benefits of […]

This is like asking how much does a car cost. It will depend on many things including: Size, power and heating levels Optional extras like filtration and oil skimming Inclusion of parts like baskets, lids and lifting gear The complexity […]

An ultrasonic cleaning bath does not operate in isolation so getting the best out of your bath means looking at three important and interconnected factors; the bath itself, the cleaning solution used in the bath, and the parts being placed […]

In this recent project, we cleaned these precision-engineered parts.  In this video, we take you through the whole process from start to finish. Look at how the result came out!

I was visiting a customer from the oil and gas industry recently. We do a lot of cleaning work for them, but we never know what is coming or when, or even necessarily what they want doing with it. Nobody […]

Most companies that come to us for cleaning will usually have a specific cleaning standard they are looking to achieve. Some of these standards are historic, set up when the parts were first designed. One we were asked to clean […]

We certainly live in interesting times and while this crisis will pass, we don’t know when and it’s unlikely we will return to how it was before. So how do we respond to these uncertainties? I am a member of […]

Jet blast cleaning is the process of using a high-pressure water pump to generate a flow of pressurised solution (up to 40,000psi) which is passed through a small diameter orifice to form a coherent stream of pressurised fluid. This jet […]

Submersible ultrasonics are quite simply, where the transducers are bonded to the inside of a sealed case, with a sealed conduit carrying electrical cables connecting to the generator or control unit. These sealed cases can be any size, dependent on the quantity and size of transducers they contain, and the desired size of the transducer holding case for the cleaning application.

Why we offer them  So you the potential customer can see with your own eyes the cleaning standards we achieve and whether it meets your requirements  So we define the cleaning process required such that  It is repeatable  We know […]

When the government advised a nationwide shutdown for all non-essential workers we did wonder if our cleaning was essential or not. We knew that parts we cleaned were vital to essential industries like power generation and pharmaceutical so after some […]

In this article we look at the 5 key components that make up an ultrasonic cleaning machine and explore what each of them does.

A good customer of ours, a supplier of stainless steel pipework and fittings, was unfortunate enough to be flooded in the recent storm Ciara. The majority of their stock, valued at over £50,000, was contaminated with floodwater, and unsaleable. They approached us to see if we could help them salvage some of their stock to keep going.

We are ultrasonic cleaning experts, but we are very familiar with other cleaning methodologies, and even use some of them in house as an alternative to ultrasonic cleaner. So we have our own jet washer and vapour blaster. We’re also […]

While ultrasonics can remove virtually any contaminant from any material they are particularly best suited to the following general situations: Removal of limited quantities of contaminant from hard surfaces; Removal of contaminant from hard to access openings and chambers; Removal of […]

Ultrasonic waves are sound waves with frequencies greater than 20kHz. Their wavelength and wavespeed vary depending on the medium, or cleaning solution, they are formed in. Inaudible to humans, ultrasound waves are longitudinal waves that vibrate in the direction they […]

We’re based in Yorkshire and the cry “ ’Ow much ?!” is a common response to quoting a price so we are used to explaining where our prices come from. However, we’ve never thought to explain our pricing in public […]

The pros of doing it yourself:   You are in control, to do it when you want You can quickly decide if a part needs cleaning there and then so you can schedule downtime with ease. Keeping your process working […]

One of the most common applications of ultrasonics is to remove high levels of grease on machine parts during production or manufacturing Cleaning grease without the aid of ultrasonics usually requires high levels of labour, strong chemicals and likely large […]

Dust and dirt can seriously affect the performance of a circuit board, which are found in a multitude of different devices and machines, such as industrial machines, computers and mobile phones. Being such a delicate part you cannot hope to […]

Most machined parts are left with oil and swarf residue after manufacture. This residue usually needs removing since subsequent  coatings, assembly or use requires the absence of dirts and oils. Ultrasonics with its ability to clean recesses, threads and apertures […]

Filters are usually fine mesh which is exceptionally hard to clean manually. Here again the very nature of the small size of cavitation bubbles and the implosion sucking dirt off rather than blasting media on, makes the cleaning more precise […]

When it comes to anilox rollers ultrasonic cleaning is almost universally recognised as the best process out there. The very nature of the small size of cavitation bubbles and the implosion sucking dirt off rather than blasting media on, makes […]

A lot of people ask the question “How clean can the process get these parts ?) However the appropriate question is “How clean do your parts need to be ?”. This is ALWAYS determined by the next process or use of the […]

Ultrasonic cleaning uses high-frequency, high-intensity sound waves in a liquid to facilitate or enhance the removal of foreign contaminants from surfaces submerged in an ultrasonically activated tank. Ultrasonic cleaning is a technology unique in its ability to remove contaminants that […]