Headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey, Crest Oil & Gas manufactures standard and custom ultrasonic cleaning systems for heavy-duty fouled parts in a number of industries that use very large parts that get gummed up and must be cleaned to restore acceptable performance levels. Such large-scale industries include fuel drilling and processing, lumber, aerospace, and printing. We manufacture these systems in Trenton and in Panang, Malaysia, for shipment to anywhere in the world. Crest Oil & Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crestek—the largest privately held ultrasonic cleaning, welding, and joining equipment manufacturer in the world. Crestek dominates the globe with a tremendous presence in ultrasonic invention, with a vertical group of companies within The Crest Group — which has operations in 15 countries throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This includes Crest Ultrasonics, the #1 privately held manufacturer of ultrasonic cleaning equipment, offering a wide range of standard and custom machines and systems that are used by the largest and most successful companies in the world.
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If your challenge involves custom shapes, volumes, equipment configurations, or production lines (hand-advanced or automated), then you will be glad to know that Crest Oil & Gas offers free consultant services with both our engineering and manufacturing departments.
Crest Oil & Gas engineers have considered every aspect of various industry needs—from size to safety, from power to portability—and have produced a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary cleaning system that is immediately impressive to both executives in the office and workers in the field.
- Inner tank information: Up to 180 thickness mode ultrasonic transducers in standard sizes, up to 360,000 watts of power, 100% penetration of parts inside and out for precision cleaning, chemical/liquid containment and recycling, removable steam plates for fast heating and inner length adjustments, automatic waste separation, containment, and removal.
- Outer tank information: Double-walled heavy-duty steel to insulate heated liquid and bounce ultrasonic waves, 3-sided walkways for inspections and cleaning entry—with safety shut-off cords, junction boxes to connect power cabinet generators to inner tank transducers, two independently removable filter tanks to remove separated residues for improved cleaning action, and two removable waste collection totes.
- Outer power cabinet information: External operator control module to run pre-programmed cleaning recipes without exposing inside cabinet to harsh weather conditions and temperatures, and error code lights that visually and audibly alert workers to low tank liquid levels or equipment performance issues.
- Inner power cabinet information: High-powered air conditioning units keep generators cool even under desert conditions, high-powered generators drive energy to ultrasonic transducers inside tank, sophisticated PLC control unit allows precise programming of cleaning recipes and of system parts, main power control switch for immediate manual system shut-down.
Benefits that can quickly pay off your investment costs
Industries that use large equipment arts must constantly clean clogs that come with the territory: Organic elements such as salt and limestone as well as thick fuel residues such as oils and tars.
Cleaning clogged parts slows down or shuts down production, which can cause millions of dollars in lost revenues each year.For decades, power washing has been the best method available for cleaning large industrial parts. Today, however, Crest Oil and Gas introduces a new cleaning method—using thickness mode ultrasonic transducers—that promises many benefits beyond the reach of power washing.
- By the time water and detergents reaches the far end of tubing within long equipment parts, a power washer’s spray force can decrease by as much as 80%. This weakened spray cannot dislodge stubborn clogs at the far inner ends of the parts. During ultrasonic cleaning, the part is entirely submerged in a tank filled with the liquid, so up to 90% of ultrasonic cleaning energy reaches all inner and outer surfaces. The superior cleaning efficiency of ultrasonics increases a facility’s uptime, because while power washing returns parts with contaminants than will soon create new blockages and clogs, ultrasonics delivers parts that are microscopically clean back to the production line.
- Power washing blasts liquid at 30,000-40,000 PSI, with a nozzle-point speed equivalent to hundreds of miles per hour. A misdirected hose or unexpected splash-back can maim or even decapitate workers. Ultrasonic cleaning eliminates these dangers by using a gentle, contained bath environment to surround—rather than splash—parts.
- When the jet force of power washing hits blockages inside a part’s tubing or sensitive components anywhere on the part, it creates a violent explosion that can burst a hole in the tube or bend the component. Such force-caused damage cannot occur during ultrasonic cleaning.
- Power washing can require 12,000 gallons of liquid or more per part washed. Each wash also requires treatment of liquid waste and extensive spray-area cleanups. Ultrasonic tanks require only around 9,000 gallons of liquid—about 90% water and 10% detergent. And unlike power washing, the liquid in an ultrasonic tank is reusable between six and fifteen times. The system contains all waste, automatically collecting at the tank bottom or inside connected totes for easy haul-away.
- Power washing of some large parts, such as heat exchangers for oil and gas production, can typically require nine hours per part, between cleaning time and the time required to clean up the area after washing. Ultrasonic cleaning of a similar part typically requires four to six hours, with more time required only when the heat exchanger needs two separate baths targeting different contaminants.
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