high temperature burnout method

This procedure is typically used with contaminant that hardens on exposure to air such as polymer, paint, adhesives, tape coatings etc.

The element is placed in an oven and the contaminant is incinerated. Following incineration, the element then goes through a liquid chemical cleaning process that may involve a series of cleanings with a variety of chemicals and a final neutralisation, if required, and filtered water rinse.

This is both an expensive and lengthy procedure. A few large customers will have in-house facilities, but for the most part, this procedure is contracted out to independent specialised cleaning companies.

For woven wire mesh cartridges, we do not recommend exceeding a temperature of 300°C during burnout. Great care must be taken if there is to be any furnacing of stainless steel fibre cartridges to avoid any possibility of chromium carbide precipitation and consequent enbrittlement of the fibre.

In general, we do not recommend furnacing of stainless steel fibre.