That is a daily challenge for VMP Inc. (Valencia, CA), which produces a variety of small parts for customers including Boeing, General Electric and Lockheed Martin-Marietta.
For VMP, "cleaning" means not only removing oils, residues and tiny chips left behind by the manufacturing process, but often doing so from within deep crevices or blind holes in tiny parts. As business pressures changed, VMP executives concluded that they needed new technology to replace a 40-year-old cleaning system, a vapor degreaser, built in-house.