Did you ever wonder how to get your rings and necklaces to have that luster they had when you first got them? It is not as difficult as you would think. There is a tool that is used that can achieve this goal; it is called an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner. These are also called sonicators. They work by using high frequency sound waves to agitate in a water based solution or organic compound.

Uses of the Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner

The ultrasonic cleaner is used in many jewelry workshops, watch repair shops, electrical repair shops and by individuals in their own homes. Overtime dirt and grime from everyday exposures can give your jewelry a dull finish but using an ultrasonic cleaner will make your jewelry shine like it did when it was new. The cleaner is not out of the reach of people not in business and is not only for jewelry. The cleaner is used to clean jewelry, eye glass lenses, watches, medical instruments and many more items. These cleaners can also be used by industries to clean industrial parts and electronic equipment.

How the Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner Works

The ultrasonic sonic cleaner’s high frequency sound waves cause vacuum bubbles or cavitation that upon contact with the object will release any contaminants that are adhering to it. This process is popular because it gets into the cracks and crevices that can not be gotten into without the use of small tools used by hand, which takes more time. Contaminants include but not limited to dirt, grease, polishing compounds, blood and many more. Ultrasonic cleaning is good for items of all shapes, sizes and materials. In some circumstances and object will have to be disassembled for cleaning if it is too large for the cleaner but this is not always the case.

Operation of the Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner

The cleaner is made with a chamber that holds the solution. The object to be cleaned is placed into this chamber. The cleaner may have a built in transducer or it could be one that lowers into the chamber. After the cleaner is turned on the ultrasonic waves in the fluid that starts make the cavitation bubbles. The captivation bubbles burst with a powerful force but will not damage anything other than the contaminants. The frequency can be changed with a control knob on the outside of the chamber. The frequency causes compression waves that break the liquid apart causing millions of tiny cavitation bubbles. The more elevated the frequency that causes the cavitation the slighter the nodes between the cavitation points. The force behind these tiny bubbles is enormous per square inch but because they are so tiny they will not damage anything except the contaminants.