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Ultrasonic Cleaning for Construction

Construction plant collects concrete splatter, bitumen, grease and site mud in every cavity, and the components underneath are hydraulic and driveline hardware that deserves better than a needle gun.

Misonics systems strip site contamination off plant components without abrading machined surfaces — with cycle times that suit a rebuild workshop, not a laboratory.

The Contamination Problem

What we remove in construction

Concrete & cementitious residue

Splatter and laitance on plant components and formwork hardware.

Bitumen & asphalt

Bonded films on paving and spraying equipment.

Grease & hydraulic films

Packed into pins, bushes, cylinders and valve blocks.

Site mud & abrasive fines

Ground into undercarriage and cooling hardware.

Corrosion products

On hardware stored outdoors between jobs.

The endpoint is a defined, repeatable process condition — cycle time, chemistry, concentration, frequency and temperature are recorded parameters, not operator judgement.
Components We Clean

Real parts, real materials

Plant & driveline

Engine components, transmissions, final drives and cooling hardware off earthmoving and lifting plant.

EnginesDrivesRadiators

Hydraulics

Cylinders, valve blocks, pumps and hose fittings — varnish and grit out of the circuit.

CylindersValvesPumps

Formwork & tooling

Formwork hardware, couplers and tooling — concrete residue off threads and bearing faces.

FormworkCouplersTooling
Why Ultrasonics — And Why These Machines

Cavitation cleans geometry it cannot see

Bubble collapse at the liquid–metal boundary lifts contamination from passages, galleries and cavities without anything touching the surface. Nothing abrades, nothing embeds, no metal is removed.

GeneratorResonance held all shift

The VarioSonic G5 tracks the transducer array as temperature and load shift — conversion efficiency up to 95%.

Sound fieldSweep modulation

Eliminates standing-wave hot and cold zones across a loaded basket.

Process controlLogged, recipe-driven cycles

Stored recipes and logged cycles — audit evidence produced as a by-product of running.

Bath conditionFiltration & oil separation

Multi-stage filtration and weir oil capture hold results steady as the bath loads.

SupportOver-the-air diagnostics

Most faults identified — many resolved — without a site visit.

ConstructionBuilt to work hard

Heavy 316 stainless tanks, tested before despatch, every wearing part replaceable.

Equipment Fit

The machine follows the process

From manually loaded single-tank units to automated lines — and engineered systems where the catalogue ends.

EvoSonic

Heavy platforms for plant rebuild workshops.

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MSX

Workshop units for hydraulic and component work.

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Chemistry

Matched to the soil and the substrate

Cementitious and bituminous soils need different chemistry — one acidic-side, one solvent-action alkaline — and matching them to the actual contamination is what the trial is for.

Applications Matrix

Component coverage at a glance

Component categorySpecific parts / assembliesCompatible materials
DrivelineTransmissions, final drives, axlesCast iron, steels
HydraulicsCylinders, valve blocks, pumpsSteels, chrome plate
EngineBlocks, heads, cooling partsCast iron, aluminium
FormworkCouplers, ties, hardwareSteels, galvanised finishes
AttachmentsAuger, breaker, bucket hardwareHardened steels

Prove it on your parts

Where an application needs validation, we clean sample components in our laboratory, document the result, and specify the machine around the verified process. If ultrasonics is the wrong answer, the trial shows that too, and we will tell you.

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FAQ

What construction engineers ask us

Will it take concrete off threads?
Yes — cavitation cleans thread roots without the damage a needle gun or wire wheel causes.
Bitumen too?
Bitumen responds to heated solvent-action alkaline chemistry; the trial sets the cycle honestly.
What size components?
Workshop units to 42,000-litre systems — from fittings to full assemblies.
Is galvanising safe?
With correctly selected chemistry, yes — compatibility is confirmed on your parts first.
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