Holton Trumpet - Close-up - Ultrasonic Cleaning

[spooxpoody5]

I'm getting my trumpet a sonci bath after marching band ends which is in 2 months or 1.I heard it does a remarkable job on cleaning instrumpets.

[freakofthewest]

Cavitation isn't fast when it comes to damage. The aluminum in the heads of your car is under constant cavitation attack in the coolant passages. Under some pressure and at a pretty high temp, still takes years to any damage at all. I bet this does less harm than a stiff brush.

[YoLiGe]

Those wires must be more sterelized than hospital instruments... lmao xD

[bigubee]

Like poisons oozing out of someone's body when thrown in the fire.

[Lengsel7]

@ReconHHC The systems that machine shops have for washing car engines, at least that I've seen, basically work like your average dish washer. I'm sure they have ultrasound like this, though.

[sjohnson4429]

The effects on brass and aluminum.....

"The damage produced on components sensitive to cavitational attack appears as very small comet-like spots which cover the entire surface. A pin-hole of surface damage is evident, and a "tail" is present which drags out from the spot in a specific direction which indicates the blast direction of the cavitational attack"

[kenzo5716]

@sjohnson4429 Wow...i'm not sure what you just said, but sure sounds awesome!

[Lengsel7]

@sjohnson4429 So you're saying this method could possibly produce cavitation on a brass instrument? And yes, you see all this debri floating away, but the same tends to happen when cleaning with a plain old brush. It just looks more impressive this way...unless the ultrasound actually removes more dirt than brushing.