Application of the Clean Technology in the Metal Cleaning Process

금속세정공정의 청정기술 적용사례

Metal cleaning process is a technology which removes oil, dust and soil etc. on the surface of metal utilizing cleaning agents. These contaminants disturb the following processes such as plating and painting etc. if they are not removed. Thus, metal cleaning is typically an environmentally hazardous activity. Until recently, vapor degreasers as utilizing chlorinated solvents have been relatively cheap, extraordinarily versatile and waste disposal costs have been perceived as insignificant. Today, however, it is readily apparent that Industry's reliance upon chlorinated solvents as metal cleaners have resulted in a myriad of environmental, health and safety concerns. Therefore, this paper studies on a parameter and a sort of the alternative cleaning agents for the optimum cleaners. Also, a great deal of effort has been devoted to developing alternative metal cleaning technologies in advanced countries and some processes are being commercialized among them. We are going to consider alternative aqueous cleaning agents replacing organic chlorinated solvents and to pursue a domain application through a successful improvement case.

금속세정은 제품의 품질향상은 물론 후속공정에도 지대한 영향을 미친다. 그러나 이러한 세정공정은 환경적으로 많은 유해성을 내포하고 있기 때문에 개선해야될 여러 문제점들을 가지고 있고 게다가 전지구적으로 세정제로 인한 규제가 강화되고 있으므로 기존의 염소계세정제를 대체할 수 있는 대체세정제의 개발과 이와 연관된 세정공정의 개발이 필수적이라고 할 수 있다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 최적의 대체세정제를 선정하기 위하여 고려해야되는 인자들을 분류하였고 세정공정에 적용된 개선사례들을 통하여 결과를 분석하고 개선점을 모색함으로써 세정공정에서의 청정기술적 접근방법을 제시하였다.