Defence Sustainment Cleaning, Ultrasonic
Defence sustainment cleaning has two masters: the component, which is often fatigue-critical and coating-protected, and the framework, which requires every process to be repeatable, documented and auditable. Manual methods satisfy neither.
Misonics systems support ADF base workshops and defence contractors with logged, recipe-driven cleaning — from weapons components to vehicle and aviation hardware — with procurement compliance met through our partnered distributor network.
What we remove in defence
Carbon & propellant residues
Fouling in weapons components and gas systems — bonded by heat and pressure.
Grease, CLP & preservative films
Through small arms, mounts and stored hardware.
Hydraulic varnish & fluid films
In vehicle and aviation actuation systems.
Salt & environmental contamination
On amphibious, marine and field-exposed equipment.
Machining and overhaul residues
Ahead of NDT, gauging and re-coating in depot maintenance.
Real parts, real materials
Weapons & armament
Small arms components, crew-served weapon parts, mounts and gas systems — carbon out of geometry brushes cannot reach.
Vehicle & land systems
Engine, driveline, hydraulic and brake components off protected and logistic vehicles.
Aviation & maritime sustainment
Rotary and fixed-wing components and seawater-side maritime hardware under sustainment programs.
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.
The VarioSonic G4 tracks the transducer array as temperature and load shift — conversion efficiency up to 95%.
Eliminates standing-wave hot and cold zones across a loaded basket.
Stored recipes and logged cycles — audit evidence produced as a by-product of running.
Multi-stage filtration and weir oil capture hold results steady as the bath loads.
Most faults identified — many resolved — without a site visit.
Heavy 316 stainless tanks, tested before despatch, every wearing part replaceable.
The machine follows the process
From manually loaded single-tank units to automated lines — and engineered systems where the catalogue ends.
Matched to the soil and the substrate
Chemistry follows the substrate and the specification — including Brulin chemistries carrying US military and aerospace approvals where the maintenance system calls for them.
Component coverage at a glance
| Component category | Specific parts / assemblies | Compatible materials |
|---|---|---|
| Small arms | Bolts, carriers, barrels, gas parts | Steels, phosphate/nitride finishes |
| Armament | Mounts, feed systems, elevation hardware | Steels, hard anodised alloys |
| Vehicle | Hydraulics, driveline, cooling | Cast iron, steels, aluminium |
| Aviation | Actuators, valves, exchangers | Alloy steels, titanium, aluminium |
| Maritime | Pumps, valves, seawater hardware | Bronze, CuNi, stainless |
| Comms & optics housings | Enclosures, connectors, chassis | Aluminium, plated finishes |
What are you cleaning?
Tell us what the part is, what comes off it, and what it has to pass. Technical sales will tell you whether ultrasonics is the right answer for that part and what it takes to run it on your own floor.