Frequently Asked Questions

Why Choose Bromothane™?


Because when it comes to precision cleaning, Bromothane™ solvents work great and are the least expensive cleaning choices in their class. If you need something really clean, and you need to do it fast and consistently, and you want to help protect the environment, and you want your factory to be a safe place to work, and you want to make a profit at the end of the day... then you have a very demanding application. In this instance, there really is no other cleaning choice which can match the cost-effectiveness of Bromothane™.

Allow us to set the stage. Bromothane™ is a very special product. It is not for everybody. It is important that the solvent properly fits your application(s).

• Bromothane Was Formulated for Precision Cleaning • 

MicroCare divides the cleaning world into two big segments: industrial cleaning and precision cleaning.

Industrial cleaning is the less demanding application. Think of a brake cleaner used in an auto repair shop, or a big industrial degreaser used in a machine shop. When the cleaning specifications are not too rigorous and the cost of cleaning is the biggest factor, then you have an industrial cleaning application. You probably do not need Bromothane™.

But suppose you are cleaning parts for the Space Shuttle. Or medical components. Maybe you're working on a radar system for a fighter plane or a fire fighter's emergency radio. Maybe the problem is some grease in a precision gear or bearing. The crucial point is that, in these instances, the quality of the cleaning has become mission-critical.

In these instances, if the cleaning isn't done right then something very expensive, or very bad or maybe very deadly will happen very quickly. This is a signal. This means you have moved into the world of high-performance precision cleaning.

• Bromothane Cleans Fluxes and Grease Easily • 

It is in this realm that Bromothane™ proves to be an extremely cost-effective choice. Here's why:

Bromothane™ is versatile. It is an extremely aggressive cleaner that simple melts away fluxes and greases. In addition, it can either dissolve the contamination or it can actually float the contamination away. Bromothane™ also can deposit lubricants and coatings on to ultra-precise surfaces. These varied capabilities are extremely important in miniaturized electronics, the semiconductor industry, the medical industry, and in many applications of super-precise machined parts.

Bromothane™ is affordable. On a pound-for-pound basis, Bromothane™ are very economical when compared with aqueous cleaners, HFC and HFE cleaners, and other choices. When compared to an aqueous cleaner, the cost savings can be enormous. For example, the inherent recyclablity of Bromothane™ makes the cost of the solvent very, very low on a per-part basis. Also, the energy consumption and operating costs also are very low -- typically 1/4th the operating costs of aqueous systems.

Bromothane™ is safe for the environment. It has a very low global warming factor and a trivial ozone-depletion factor. While it is a VOC, modern cleaning systems are sufficiently tight that solvent losses are extremely low.

Bromothane™ is is safe for your workers. MicroCare and Great Lakes have assigned the product a very conservative toxicity rating of 10 ppm, but modern cleaning systems are sufficiently tight that worker exposures are easily kept below that level. There should be no doubt that Bromothane™ is safe, as long as it is used in accordance with MicroCare's recommended procedures.

• Bromothane Is Optimized for Precision Cleaning • 

Users will find Bromothane™ solvents to be the optimal balance between complex economic, environmental and technical choices. Wherever there are problems with precision cleaning, coupled with demanding financial requirements or challenging environmental issues, Bromothane™ specialty solvents will deliver the lowest total cost per part cleaned. Bromothane™ is the ideal choice for your precision cleaning application.

 


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Updated: Jan 5, 2004
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