sonic cleaning

sonic cleaning

[′sän·ik ′klēn·iŋ] (engineering) Cleaning of contaminated materials by the action of intense sound in the liquid in which the material is immersed.

sonic cleaning

A method of cleaning delicate parts by using high-intensity sound that the human ear is incapable of detecting. The parts are placed in a sonic cleaning machine covered with a cleaning fluid. The vibration caused by high-intensity sonic waves shake loose any contaminants on the parts.