Electrocleaners for Metal Finishing & Plating Operations
Alkaline electrocleaners, soak cleaners, descalers, and concentrated cleaner additives engineered to remove oils, smut, soils, rust, scale, and buffing compounds before plating.
Cleaner surfaces create better plating outcomes.
Electrocleaning is one of the most important preparation steps in metal finishing.
Before a part can be plated consistently, soils, oils, smut, oxides, buffing compounds, rust, fingerprints, and embedded contaminants must be removed from the surface.
Ronatec offers a broad line of electrocleaners and cleaner additives developed for zinc die-cast, steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, leaded brass, ferrous, and non-ferrous metals.
Surface contamination can interfere with adhesion and deposit quality.
Chemistry and current help clean and activate the surface.
Parts are better prepared for subsequent electrodeposits.
Process chemistry designed to remove difficult soils and prepare active metal surfaces.
Oil & Grease Removal
Remove processing oils, grease, fingerprints, drawing oils, and production soils before plating.
Smut Removal
Support bright, smut-free surfaces for subsequent electrodeposits and finishing operations.
Scale & Rust Removal
Address light rust, heavy rust, oxides, heat scale, weld discoloration, and other surface contamination.
Base Metal Protection
Clean and activate without pitting, etching, blackening, dulling, or otherwise attacking sensitive base metals.
Reduced Dragout
Free-rinsing alkaline materials and detergents help minimize cleaner dragout on processed work.
Lower Temperature Options
Concentrated liquid additives can help reduce energy use and cleaning costs in many operations.
New-generation cleaners for tough metal finishing challenges.
Ronatec electrocleaners are designed for multiple cleaning applications across plating and metal finishing operations.
CLA Concentrated Liquid Additives
CLA products are highly concentrated liquid additives designed to be used with caustic soda. These powerful surfactant packages offer superior cleaning action compared to conventional cleaners and can reduce dependence on high-temperature operation in many applications.
Electrocleaners, soak cleaners, descalers, and additives for production finishing lines.
EZD & ZDC-L
Formulated for zinc die-cast and steel. These conductive detergent materials help assure a bright, smut-free surface for subsequent electrodeposits.
EB-100
Powdered electrocleaner for copper, copper alloys, brass, leaded brass, and steel. Cleans and activates without pitting, etching, blackening, or dulling the base metal.
E-100
Heavy-duty powdered electrocleaner for steel, stainless steel, and copper. Removes difficult smut, embedded soils, and light rust while supporting high-conductivity cleaning.
E-190L
Liquid electrocleaner for steel, stainless steel, and copper. Removes smut, oils, and soils with excellent scrubbing, activation, and throwing power.
RS
Highly alkaline, heavily chelated soak cleaner/descaler for heavy rust, carbon smut, oxides, scale, weld discoloration, and many paints from steel and stainless steel.
CLA
Highly concentrated liquid additive family for use with caustic soda in soak and electrocleaning applications across ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Built for plating shops, zinc lines, copper/brass work, and difficult cleaning applications.
Ronatec electrocleaners are engineered for real production environments where surface condition directly affects plating quality.
Applications include zinc die-cast cleaning, steel and stainless steel cleaning, copper and brass activation, soak cleaning, electrocleaning, descaling, smut removal, buffing compound removal, paint stripping, and preparation for subsequent electrodeposits.
Electrocleaning chemistry across metal finishing operations.
Ronatec cleaner technologies support a wide range of metals, soils, and cleaning cycles.
Electrocleaner and metal cleaning questions.
What is an electrocleaner?
An electrocleaner is a metal finishing cleaner used with electrical current to remove oils, smut, soils, oxides, and contamination before plating or other finishing processes.
What is the difference between soak cleaning and electrocleaning?
Soak cleaning relies on chemistry, temperature, and time, while electrocleaning adds electrical current to improve cleaning and activation of the metal surface.
What metals can Ronatec electrocleaners be used on?
Ronatec electrocleaners support applications involving zinc die-cast, steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, leaded brass, ferrous metals, and non-ferrous metals.
Can electrocleaners remove smut and light rust?
Yes. Several Ronatec electrocleaners are designed to remove difficult smut, embedded soils, oxides, rust, scale, weld discoloration, and related surface contamination.
Does Ronatec offer liquid cleaner additives?
Yes. Ronatec CLA products are highly concentrated liquid additives designed for use with caustic soda in soak and electrocleaning applications.
Let’s talk about your electrocleaning requirements.
Whether you need zinc die-cast cleaning, steel electrocleaning, copper and brass activation, smut removal, descaling, soak cleaning, or cleaner additive support, Ronatec can help evaluate the right chemistry for your process.
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