COMPANY OVERVIEW
Flo-Matic Corporation, based in Rockford, IL, USA, has developed patented technology for remarkably effective parts
cleaning. Cleaning capabilities are available for standard industrial parts up to critical part cleaning,
for pre-painting/plating to medical devices. This technology cleans parts in a chemical-free environment
using small amounts of water and focused sonic energy, all in one step. Equipment is 1/3 the size of most
machines in use, requires no venting of chemical emissions (there are none), and uses 1/10th the water
which is internally re-cycled. Available in drum, auger, conveyor, and overhead conveyor configurations.
This is not lab only equipment, it goes on your factory floor integrated into your current workflow.
Ferrous parts come clean and store rust free!
Independent validation by the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell,
accomplished in 2001, documented that Flo-Matic’s “No-Chemistry” technology cleans better than conventional
chemical cleaning.
Today’s Marketplace Needs are: Significant Cost Reductions, Lean Processes, and Environmental Compliance
All Manufacturing companies are faced with recurring cleaning costs that are increasingly more expensive.
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Environmental standards are not about to be rolled back, in fact, they will certainly be
more stringent in the future, which will drive costs even higher.
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Little real innovation or new technology in parts cleaning has existed before Flo-Matic’s “No-Chemistry”
technology was introduced in 2002.
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We can demonstrate typical investment paybacks of 8 to 16 months from documented savings reports.
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Flo-Matic technology reduces energy usage by a factor of 4 to 1.
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Flo-Matic technology is cost effective. For every dollar manufacturers spend on cleaning chemicals,
they spend two dollars to throw the used chemicals away.
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Lean Manufacturing and Environmental Compliance
Lean manufacturing and the drive for cost effective solutions in manufacturing are critical both in
periods of recession and in times of growth. Complacent manufacturers who don’t adopt innovation and
ignore the need for continual improvement guarantee their own demise. World-Class manufacturers are
constantly looking for cost effective and new solutions to stay ahead of the competition.
“Remarkably Effective Cleaning” is their destination.
Flo-Matic is the only cleaning company in the world that can totally eliminate cleaning chemicals in
manufacturing. Water sources can be varied (tap, well, etc) since Flo-Matic’s machines will qualify it. Because it is not discharged as dirty contaminated water, waste
from the Flo-Matic process is limited to just what was on the part. A typical aqueous/chemical machine must dispose of over 150,000 gallons of water per year. Elimination of cleaning chemicals
will reduce 95% or more of the waste stream from cleaning operations. No chemical venting into your
plant, contaminating the working environment and other critically clean areas in your plant.
Regulators have been targeting pure water as the only means to a green future in cleaning. While pure
water alone doesn’t clean very well, pure water with sonic energy does. Independent validations show
it works better than chemicals in cleaning.
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Carole LeBlanc PhD, Director, Surface Solutions Laboratory, Toxics Use Reduction Institute
John Sala, President, A & H Precision
William Nelson PhD, Waste Management Research Center
Thomas Thornton, Executive Vice President, The Illinois Coalition
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