Cleaning Basket

Specification

Technical parameters

Overview

A cleaning basket is a lidded stainless mesh container that holds every part of a movement through the cleaning process. Its job is to keep parts together, keep them off the tank floor, and let solvent and cavitation reach every surface.

Good baskets have a fine enough mesh to retain the smallest screw and a lid that latches, because a part lost in a solvent tank is a part gone. Many have a mesh fine enough to hold a balance complete without the staff touching anything.

The basket also imposes discipline. Parts go in separated, not nested, and delicate items — the balance, the pallet fork, anything plated or painted — are often cleaned separately or by hand. A basket is not a licence to put everything in at once.

What matters about it

• Keeps every part of a movement together
• Prevents parts resting on the tank floor
• Open mesh lets solvent and cavitation through
• Latching lid prevents losses
• Fine mesh even retains balance screws

Practical notes

• Clean one movement per load; a crowded basket does not clean.
• Keep the balance and pallet fork in a separate small container.
• Rinse and dry the basket itself — a dirty basket re-contaminates the next load.
• Check the mesh for tears before loading; a hole is a lost screw.

Compatible with