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02 Cleaning Eect
ULTRASONIC CLEANINGULTRASONIC CLEANING
Vinyl record
groove width
Ultrasonic cavitation
bubble size
Bristle width
of a carbon fiber
brush
THE PRINCIPLE
CLEANING RECORDS
Ultrasonic cleaning has a unique
ability to remove di that is not
easily accessible by using other tra-
ditional means. Ultrasonic cleaners
are used to clean many types of
objects, including jewelry, optical
pas, dental and surgical inru-
ments and electronic equipment.
The smalle features in a vinyl
record groove are the size of a few
micrometers. Due to their minute
size, it is diicult for the briles of a
typical vinyl cleaning brush to clean
the entirety of the record groove.
5 μm