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Ultrasonic Medical Device Parts Cleaning
Precision clean parts made for the medical equipment industry.
Medical manufacturing professionals will encounter many needs for a Crest Ultrasonics precision cleaning equipment and Chem-Crest® ultrasonic solutions.
These include cleaning after EDM machining, buffing, polishing, abrasive media blasts, passivation, and additive manufacturing of titanium metal-printed parts. We also help you ultra-clean cannulated devices, polymer devices, Swiss-screw machined medical components, wire forms, medical devices in machine cell, and final device cleaning for packaging. Finally, we also provide organic residue removal and carbonaceous and oxide scale removal.
Medical device manufacturing industry challenges
- Cleaning/removing abrasive blast media residue
- Cleaning/removing buff/polish of animal fat-based solids with abrasive media and cotton strands
- Cleaning/removing carbonaceous and oxide scale on 400 series stainless after heat treatment
- Cleaning/removing drawing/forming lubricants
- Cleaning/removing EDM fluid and metal debris
- Cleaning/removing machine oil and synthetic water soluble lubricants
- Cleaning/removing metal debris, oil, coolants, abrasive media
- Cleaning/removing oil and metal debris
- Cleaning/removing organic residue to reformulate passive oxide layer after manufacturing
- Cleaning/removing polymer debris including dust and chips
- Cleaning/removing TI dust from metal matrix
- Final cleaning of part or component with nitric “upgrade” process for bioburden reduction
Medical device equipment parts that Crest can clean
- Implantable Components (hips, knees, spinal, pacemaker battery housing, Trauma plates, screws, rods, etc)
- Guidewire/endoscopic apparatus
- Oxygen delivery (ventilator components)
- TI metal printed components
- Tooling of all types including, hand tools , blades and cutting devices, bone reamers, drills, clamps, alignment guides & devices
- Stents and other cardio vascular components
- Needles
- Nitric or citric acid passivation of orthopedic devices and related hardware & tooling
Crest equipment typically used
Digital Modular Series (DMS)
For higher throughput and larger components that can’t be handled manually. Standard plug-and-play options include filtration, frequencies, automatic fill/drain, conductivity, and much more. Our DMS system is expandable, versatile, and modular.
Optimum Console
With a compact, space-saving design and rugged, stainless steel tubular frame, it offers the convenience of an all-in-one, wash-rinse-dry design with a single-point facility connection for easy installation. Standard, automated, and custom.
Compact Ultrasonic Vapor Degreaser
The Solvac S1 provides automated solvent washing, rinsing, cooling, and drying all in a single compact unit. You will enjoy a wide range of premium features for a standard-level, budget-friendly price.
Twin Sump Ultrasonic Vapor Degreaser
Designed for co-solvent cleaning applications, the Solvac S2 provides automated solvent washing, rinsing, cooling, and drying all in a single compact unit — with highly efficient component drying and maximized solvent distillation.
Eco-Pac Solvent Regeneration Unit
The Crest Ultrasonics Eco-Pac Solvent Regeneration Unit is a highly efficient solvent regeneration unit that can accompany our smaller Solvac vapor degreasers. The unit is compact in design, a standalone system, and highly competitive in price.
Ultrasonic Digital Sink (UDS)
A convenient modular design includes both wash and rinse, providing easy multi-tank precision process cleaning in a workhorse two-stage unit. Additional UDS units can be added to meet the new process requirements.
Chem-Crest® chemistries typically used

Ordering available for gallon, case, pail, 55-gallon drum, and tote sizes. Items generally shipped within 24 hours.
Chem-Crest® 14
Chem-Crest® 14EZ
Chem-Crest® 211
Chem-Crest® 45
Chem-Crest® 77-C
Chem-Crest® 275
Chem-Crest® 715
Chem-Crest® SolvaClean
A unique, high-performing, non-flammable, azeotropic fluorinated solvent blend developed specifically as a safe, powerful, and environmentally favorable product for the critical cleaning of precision components and as a high purity carrier solvent. See detailed specifications >>
