Ultrasonic Gun Cleaning

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Gun cleaning by hand is very time consuming, tedious, and ineffective. Ultrasonic cleaning allows a more thorough cleaning, as the entire part is totally submerged and the ultrasonic agitation can work through the entire part, including blind holes, cracks, and crevices. 

Cleaning takes place in a stainless steel tank containing an ultrasonic cleaning solution formulated for particular cleaning tasks being performed.  

The underside of the gun cleaning tank is fitted with what are called ultrasonic transducers.  These are excited by a generator causing them to vibrate at ultrasonic frequencies such as 40,000 or 45,000 cycles per second (40 or 45 kHz).

When the ultrasonic firearm cleaner is activated the transducers cause the tank bottom to become a vibrating membrane that creates what are called microscopic vacuum cavitation bubbles in the cleaning solution. 

Cavitation bubbles implode on contact with objects immersed in the cleaning solution to blast loose and carry away contaminants.  Because they are so small the bubbles access cracks, crevices and blind holes difficult or impossible to reach by manually cleaning with brushes, patches and solvents.