what are butyl degreasers

What Are Butyl Degreasers

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What are butyl degreasers? Butyl degreasers are among the most commonly purchased degreasers. They are cleaning agents sought for their penetration attributes. Used often in the automotive industries, they are widely known as one of the best penetrating solvents in the removal of heavy oils and greases like motor oil among other difficult-to-remove products found in workshops and factory floors. Butyl is one of the primary chemicals found in butane.  Butane is a common gas found all over the world and used across many industries, kitchens, laboratories, and manufacturing facilities. Using butyl degreasers, lifts the heavy grime from oils and similar products, allowing cleaning staff to hose the oils away, simplifying the cleaning process which cuts down on labor costs. 

Ecolink offers a large variety of butyl degreasers and eco-friendly alternatives that can be found in our shop. 

As an example, Ecolink supplies customers with Positron. Positron is a high purity dielectric solvent often used in the critical cleaning of components. It has a moderate evaporation rate and leaves little to no residue. 

Benefits of Positron: 

  • Non-toxic 
  • Lower odor 
  • Faster dry-time 
  • More aggressive cleaning 
  • Ultra-low residue 
  • Safe & easy to use 
  • Environmentally Prefered
  • No hazardous fumes 
  • High dielectric strength, (ASTM D-877 test procedures to 48,000 volts.) •No SARA or RCRA listed ingredients 

Benefits of Shopping Butyl Degreasers With Ecolink: 

  • 30 Years of Knowledge and Experience 
  • Bulk Availability (5-gallon buckets and 55-gallon drums) 
  • Chemical Variety 
  • Eco-Friendly Alternatives
  • Affordable Pricing 
  • Expert Advice
  • High Quality Chemicals
  • Proper Use and Safety Information 

Want More Information About Bulk Chemicals and Degreasers?

If you are looking for the best butyl degreasers for your needs, contact Ecolink here!  Ecolink is a trusted provider of industrial chemicals and solvents that has the knowledge and experience to help you find the best chemical solutions for your applications. Call today to learn more!

Rescuing Brake Cleaner & Carburetor Cleaner Victims

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Wind farm operation and maintenance is extremely difficult work. High winds (duh) attract all kinds of contaminants that impact the performance and longevity of high value parts including gearbox. Conducting wind turbine preventive maintenance takes place both in the field and shop environments. Having the right cleaners and degreasers makes the job cleaner.

For dozens of years over-the-counter aerosolized brake cleaner and carburetor cleaners have been the choice degreaser for wind turbine maintenance. Why?

Pros: cheap ($3/can), fast drying (50-90% acetone content) and cleans well (witches brew of co-solvents including benzene, xylene, isopropyl alcohol, propanol, butane to name a few of the usual suspects).

However, there are always
Cons: flammable (energized equipment not a good fit), dries ‘too’ fast (use more chemical), wasteful packaging (10-15% loss factor)

Ecolink received an urgent call from a CA-based wind farm generating more than 576 Mega Watts per year from over 2,500 wind turbines in operation for more than 25 years in Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Hopefully your folks can come up with a solution to our problem.
– Scott, a Production Assurance Specialist & Safety, Environmental Coordinator

Customer priority list:

  • BAAQMD VOC compliance – 45% and scheduled to 10% by content
  • Worker safety – non-flammable without any health affects
  • Process improvement – punctured over 30,000 cans/year and generated 330 gallons of hazardous waste annually
  • Reduce solid waste, including recycling content
  • Save green ($, money) by going green (fewer air/VOC emissions)

After a series of in-person meetings, team interviews among end users, environmental health and safety team, Ecolink narrowed the list of ‘compliant’ alternatives to a few solvent-based aerosol and bulk degreasers along with an industrial strength aqueous cleaner.

Results:

  • Eliminated 20,000 aerosol cans per year + 6 x 55-gal drums of hazardous waste disposal generated per year
  • Saved over 5,000 lbs (2.5 tons)/year of steel
  • Reduced VOC emissions by 14x (44% vs 2.5%)
  • Repurposed and unused parts washing unit
  • Converted $36/gal (concentrate of case of aerosols) to a $8/gal aqueous cleaner saving over $80,000/year (x 5 years and counting)
  • Replaced 65% of non-compliant, flammable & wasteful with a BAAQMD compliant, non-flammable and high performance cleaner

To learn more about the hazards facing wind farm technicians, check out this episode of Dirty Jobs:

http://www.tv.com/shows/dirty-jobs/wind-farm-technician-1198513/

 

 

 

Selecting Industrial Engine Cleaners: A Helpful Checklist

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Just like engines in non-industrial machinery, engines in industrial machines must be serviced to remain in good working order. There are plenty of industrial engine cleaners that can help you do the job, but which one is right for your application? That’s what we help you answer by presenting a checklist covering six crucial selection criteria for industrial engine cleaners.

  1. Types of Materials in the Engine

You need a cleaner that doesn’t degrade any materials in the engine. In addition to knowing the general types of materials you’re dealing with, you need to know their specific type (e.g., grade of stainless steel or grade of plastic). Goal number one is to avoid damaging the engine with the wrong solvent.

  1. Turnaround Time for Cleaning

How fast must the engine be cleaned? Can you spend six hours polishing it to perfection, or do you need to clean it in a matter of minutes? Now that you know what solvents can safely clean the engine materials, you can focus on acquiring a solvent with the efficacy to clean the engine, as quickly as required.

If you have a quick turnaround time, it’s also helpful to use a fast drying solvent. Some solvents make soils flow away from parts and leave the parts dry within a few seconds.

  1. Geometry of Engine Parts

Regardless of the time frame for cleaning the engine, you need to apply solvent evenly across parts that need cleaning, including tough to reach places where cleaning by hand is impractical.

When engine parts have complex geometries, cleaning them is often done easiest with aerosol, whose cloud of particles diffuse uniformly across the work surface. Aerosol can be applied from drums with a high-speed sprayer wand, in addition to being applied with handheld spray cans.

  1. Energized Vs. Non-Energized

Most engines are cleaned in a non-energized state, meaning the power is disengaged. However, engines that perform long service runs being being powered off — such as engines in passenger jets and manufacturing equipment — must often be cleaned while running.

To do the job safely, use industrial engine cleaners that are non flammable and contain a dielectric. A dielectric is a buffer that prevents electrical current from flowing through the solvent. Be sure the dielectric you select has the strength to oppose the voltage of the engine.

  1. Engine Cleaning Schedule

You probably have an engine cleaning schedule in place. One way to be sure you don’t need clean engines more frequently is to use non-residue industrial engine cleaners. Solvent residue can be like common soap residue: Instead of repelling soils, it can actually attract them.

In engines, solvent residue can also create oil viscosity problems, potentially causing damaging friction between engine parts. Unless your cleaning application directly calls for a solvent that deposits a residue, stick with non-residue industrial engine cleaners.

Contact Us Today

Have questions about selecting the right engine cleaner? The chemists at Ecolink are here to help. We supply stock solvents and custom solvents in environmentally-preferred formulations. Contact us today at 800-563-1305, or email us a message through our contact form. We look forward to assisting you!