2026-04-20
Case Study: Solvent Recycling of Industrial Cleaning Agents for Precision Parts Cleaning
Client Background
Our client is a domestic precision parts manufacturer specializing in the production of automotive and metal parts. Their production process heavily relies on industrial cleaning agents (hydrocarbon cleaners, environmentally friendly solvent cleaners, etc.) to remove oil, cutting fluid, and contaminants from workpieces. With increasingly stringent environmental regulations and rising operating costs, the client faces three core challenges:
High Hazardous Waste Disposal Costs: Waste cleaning agents contaminated with oil and metal impurities are classified as hazardous waste, leading to continuously rising disposal costs and complex compliance processes.
Soaring Procurement Costs: To maintain cleaning effectiveness, the client needs to frequently replace cleaning agents, with monthly material costs accounting for over 20% of the cleaning workshop's operating expenses.
Safety and Environmental Risks: Improper storage and disposal of waste cleaning agents can pose fire hazards and regulatory violations.
Inconsistent Cleaning Quality: Contaminated cleaning agents reduce cleaning efficiency, leading to increased rework rates and delivery delays.
Solution
The customer installed our explosion-proof solvent recovery machine for distilling and recovering waste industrial cleaning agents, achieving a closed-loop recycling system and addressing cost, environmental, and quality issues at the source.
Workflow:
Waste Liquid Collection: Dark, turbid waste cleaning agents contaminated with oil and impurities are collected in the stainless steel distillation chamber of the recovery machine.
Distillation and Purification: The system heats the waste solvent in a fully enclosed, explosion-proof environment. The cleaning agent vaporizes, condenses, and is recovered, while oil and impurities solidify and separate in the distillation chamber.
Reuse and Disposal: The purified, clear cleaning agent is returned to the cleaning process for reuse. The separated oily residue is disposed of as general industrial waste.
Significant Cost Reduction: Total costs for cleaning agent procurement and waste disposal are reduced by more than 75%, with a full return on investment achieved within 6-12 months.
Stable Cleaning Quality: Recycled cleaning agents maintain stable purity, performance comparable to new solvents, and reduce oil residue on workpieces.
Compliance and Safety: The fully enclosed distillation system complies with national explosion-proof and environmental protection standards, eliminating non-compliance risks and fire hazards.
Multi-Scenario Adaptability: This solution supports the recovery of hydrocarbon cleaning agents, environmentally friendly solvent cleaning agents, degreasers, and other industrial cleaning agents, and is compatible with ultrasonic cleaners, spray cleaning lines, and other cleaning equipment.
Customer Testimonials:
“Cleaning agents used to be our biggest cost expense; waste solvent disposal was both expensive and troublesome. With JBETT's solvent recovery machine, dirty cleaning agents go in and clean cleaning agents come out. Our new cleaning agent orders have dropped significantly, and we no longer need to frequently handle hazardous waste recycling. This has completely changed our workshop's operating model!”
—Production Manager, Precision Parts Manufacturer
