Wire speed and efficiency

  1. HELICORD® Treatment:

The cleaning power (or friction power in the case of HELICORD®) increases proportionally to the wire speed. The friction energy applied per surface unit is calculated according to:

⇒  The friction energy applied per wire surface unit is independent from the wire speed.

  1. Ultrasonic Treatment:

The cleaning power is the applied ultrasonic power, which is proportional to the power input, but constant at different wire speeds. The ultrasonic energy applied per surface unit is calculated according to:

⇒ The ultrasonic energy applied per wire surface unit is inversely proportional to the wire speed.

Remark: In many applications the ultrasonic energy can only affect the wire surface partially, since most of it is absorbed by floating particles before.

  1. Chemical Treatment (Pickling):

The chemically induced abrasion of material per time unit (understood as cleaning power) is independent from the wire speed. Thus the degree of cleaning of a specific wire length is determined by its exposure time in the bath.

⇒ The amount of material eroded per wire surface unit is inversely proportional to the wire speed.

  1. High Pressure Water Cleaning:

The available cleaning power of the water jets is constant at different wire speeds.

⇒ The cleaning energy per wire surface unit is inversely proportional to the wire speed.