Choosing Automotive Cleaning Solvents for Heavy Duty Vehicles: 4 Scenarios

Unless you’re in the business of producing automotive cleaning solvents, the prospect of choosing them may feel like reading Shakespeare in Greek. But, in all fairness, as the customer, you’re the one who must make an informed choice. Regarding automotive cleaning solvents for heavy duty vehicles, such as the ones listed below, that’s what we’re here to help you do.

  1. Dump Truck

Dump trucks unusually encounter the most wear in the rear holding compartment, but the compartment is designed to be banged with heavy objects and filled with oversized loads year after year. In most cases, more important than cleaning the carrier bin is degreasing the truck’s motor and associated parts. Dump trucks for industrial facilities and big construction projects can remain in motion for several hours — and for some projects, usage is around the clock.

Potential Solution: Consider using NAVSOLVE Low VOC Degreasing Solvent. You can learn about the solvent here.

  1. Army Tank

We all know what an army tank does: It cruises over rough terrain with ease and threatens enemies with the ability to deliver a cannon blast that can level buildings. Because the effectiveness of tanks ultimately depends on their speed and mechanical reliability, the wheels and tracks of the tank often receive the thoroughest maintenance focus. However, practically every motion a tank makes signifies the need to degrease the parts that facilitate movement.

Potential Solution: Consider using BULLDOG Maximum Effectiveness Degreaser. You can learn about the solvent here.

3. Police Tank

Lots of police officers are ex-military. So, some people who wear the blue uniform should feel right at home behind the steering mechanism of a tank. Unlike tanks that are used in military campaigns, police tanks — both the military variety that has no barrel and the ATV variety that’s comprised of bullet proof surfaces — are only used in special situations. As they wait to be deployed, these tanks need to be cleaned inside and out as a part of general maintenance.

Potential Solution: Consider using PREPTONE Low-VOC Handwipe Solvent. You can learn about the solvent here.

4. Asphalt Machine

If you drive an asphalt machine down a roadway or across a parking lot, it means one of two things: you’re a rich, eccentric thrill seeker, or you work for an asphalt company. Probably the latter. If you know about operating asphalt machines professionally, you understand that the holding unit of the machine accumulates layer after layer of tar quickly. What should you do to remove those seemingly irremovable, black accretions?

Potential Solution: Consider using ECOLINK 2005 Non-flammable Contact Cleaner. You can learn about the solvent here.

Need Cleaners for Heavy Duty Machinery?

If so, give us a call, and let us help you select the best automotive cleaning solvents for your needs. We don’t supply solvents for the average car owner, but we do specialize in industrial grade cleaning solvents for the toughest applications. Reach us at (800) 563-1305, our use our contact form. We look forward to supplying solutions for your heavy equipment cleaning needs.

Scoring Leaderboard for Anaheim or Bust!

Hello All and Welcome to the leaderboard page! Here you can track the weekly progress of the contest flex goal, your schools score as well as view the weekly winners.

Social Media Counters Towards Flex Goal

Ecolink Facebook Ecolink Twitter linkedin youtube
Week 5 (11/7) 235 2,198 274 51
Week 4 (10/31) 233 2,210 272 44
Week 3 (10/24) 217 2,166 217 31
Week 2 (10/17) 190 2,128 182 30
Week 1 (10/10) 171 2,089 135 19

Chapter Totals*

Ranking Chapter Points
1 Brookwood  812.5
2 Kell  502
3 Sequoyah  323
4 Lakeview Fort Oglethrope  273.5
5 North Forsyth  265
6 South Gwinnett  127
7 Habersham 103.5
8 Veterans  53.5
9 Tift  93
10 Woodstock  27
11 Kennesaw Mountain  8
11 North Murray  8
12 Houston  2
12 Northside  2
12 Morgan County  2
12 Southeast Whitfield  2
12 Woodville Tompkins  2
13 Hutchings  1
14 Chapel Hill  0

*Please let us know if you feel there is any discrepancy in your score. These scores are calculated through 11/6.

Welcome to Anaheim or Bust!

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!

Welcome to the kick-off for “Anaheim or Bust!” The first ever social media competition between Georgia DECA chapters with rewards totaling $25,000. Ecolink is proud to sponsor this event in honor of our company’s 25th anniversary. Statistics will tell you that not many businesses make it to 25 years, so we feel it should be celebrated! We also feel that now is the perfect time to do something we’ve never done before while giving back to the great state of Georgia. Check out the map below to see all the participating schools and where they are located across the state.

These 19 programs cover 14 counties and total over 1250 students!

 

 

The competition is officially kicking off on 10/10 and will run through 11/11, 25 days to celebrate 25 years with $25,000 (Fortuitous dates to pick if we do say so ourself). The participating DECA programs include over 1250 students. These students will be tasked with increasing Ecolink’s following by networking outside of their program, generating shares and traffic to their schools unique home page and creating new content to share across all of our social media platforms.

Without further adieu, here are our competitors!

Brandon Kang will be representing the following 7 schools as their official Ecolink Ambassador !

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Brookwood North Forsyth South Gwinnett Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Hutchings Career Center Sequoyah  Woodstock

 

 

These 6 schools ambassador is Rhace Smith!

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Woodville Tompkins Veterans North Murray Kell Kennesaw Mountain Chapel Hill 

 

 

Last but not least, these 6 will be represented by Cheryl Maafoh!

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Morgan County Southeast Whitfield Northside Habersham Houston  Tift

 

 

Woodstock High School – Representing Acetone! Go Wolverines!

Welcome to Woodstock High School’s promotional page!

#AnaheimorBust-Woodstock

Woodstock High School is located in Cherokee County and currently boasts a DECA chapter membership of 76 students and counting this year. They are represented by Ecolink Ambassador Brandon Kang who will be cheering them on during the course of our competition, “Anaheim or Bust!”.

This school is 1 of 19 competing for the grand prize in our #Anaheimorbust competition. You can help them earn a 1st place finish (Worth up to $5,000 with weekly winnings) by following the 5 steps listed below. #5for5k

1. Share this page across all platforms using the share buttons at the bottom of this page: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are mandatory. Pinterest, Google +, and Tumblr voluntary (extra credit)
2. Follow Ecolink on our official social media accounts here: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & YouTube
3. Share their product page (Linked below)
4. Share their related articles for their product (Linked below)
5. Refer a friend! If each person can get at least 5, or dare we say 10, people to share and follow – Your school will be on their way to big $$!

Notable Woodstock High Alumni

  • Eric Hurd – Olympic athlete
  • Nick Markakis – right fielder for the Atlanta Braves
  • Bruce Miller – fullback for the San Francisco 49ersacetone-voc-exempt-hand-wipe-clean-rinse-5-gallon

Acetone: Benefits and Features

  • clear, low boiling liquid that is miscible in all proportions with water, alcohols, many hydrocarbons and other organic liquids
  • Rapid evaporation and a faintly aromatic odor
  • ideal solvent for a vast range of gums, resins, waxes, fats, greases and oils
  • effective in the preparation of metal prior to painting
  • volatile component and thinner for some paints and varnishes
  • acetone thins polyester resins, vinyl and adhesives

Here you will find articles related to Acetone

Acetone Shop Pages

If you’re on the page, interested in Acetone or know someone who does, below are links to our shop and quantities of Acetone.

Woodstock Twitter Page

@WoodstockHSDECA

Ensuring Injection Mold Output with FluoSolv

With today’s business culture of cost-effective and eco-friendly packaging, there are many companies that solely focus on the creation of eye-catching packaging designs for various products. For example, a new cookie dough mix is developed and the production company contracts a packaging firm to develop packaging that will be easy to open and attractive. For most packaging firms, the initial prototype is computer generated and then converted into a physical mold which the help of plastic mold injection. Plastic mold injection, which is the most commonly used technique in the fabrication of plastic parts, is a process in which raw plastic is melted in a plastic injection machine and then inserted into the mold, where it cools and forms the final product. Once all adjustments are made to the mold, a final mold is created and then used to mass produce the packaging for the new product. Other applications for plastic mold injection are in the consumer health sector, which often use injection molding to create syringes, and consumer packaging sector, which produces high outputs of plastic containers.

Benefits of Mold Injection

  • Outputs complex shapes and fine details
  • Superior surface finish
  • Excellent dimensional accuracy
  • High production rate
  • Cost effective pricing
  • Scrap can be recycled

Decreases in Injection Molding Output

Since plastic injection molding depends so heavily on molds, the plastic injection industry tends to run into the most problems when attempting to reuse molds. The main problem is that residual residue from the melted plastic remains on each mold. Consequently, if the mold is to be reused without proper cleaning, then the outputs from the injection process will decrease in quality. Therefore, many companies employ cleaning solvents that remove the residual residue without damaging the molds. Statistically speaking, more input is required for cleaning mold plates and tooling than any of the other maintenance stages (disassembly, troubleshooting, or assembly) combined. In today’s mold injection industries, this statistic speaks true due to how cleaning molds and tooling are critical to maintaining mold life, output level, product quality, and equipment life span. With productivity in mind, the only way to ensure high-quality output is to routinely clean molds and injector machines with residue cleaners.

Choose Ecolink For All of Your Residue Removal Needs

When considering different residue cleaners on the market, it is important to take into account the cost and effectiveness. At Ecolink, we offer low costs that have your cost efficiency in mind, free samples to give you a short preview of how beneficial each product is, and same day shipping. With that in mind, Ecolink offers FluoSolv, a cleaning solvent that can effectively remove residual residue from the plastic injection machines and molds. Call us today to request a sample or order FluoSolv on our online store for all your residue removal needs!