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Heavy grease removal

Q. We are in rebuilding of auto electrical units, and lots of old parts( heat treated carbon steel) have lots of grease in it, mostly the grease is lithium based. We generally make use of manual brushing or solvents like MC or IPA, but its very time consuming and cumbersome. Is there any way to simply dissolve the grease by just immersion or any other method, we do the shot blasting after the grease removal.

G.S.ARORA
buyer,regulator - DELHI, INDIA
2007

A. Hello Arora g
You just make a detergent based highly alkali bath & maintain a 60 - 70 ° temp. then dip your parts into for 5 - 6 minutes then follow the procedure with same solution & temp. bath with anodic current of low volts D.C.

Kuldeep Singh
Wet process engineer - Pantnagar, Uttrakhand, India
2007

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