Semi-Automatic Stencil Cleaner

Light Tower to Signal Operational Status

Optional Drying Rack

Spray Gun for Rinsing Stencils

Air Gun for Faster Drying

Control Panel

Rinse Station

Ultrasonic Wash Station

Stainless Steel Construction

The Model 1550 Stencil & Pallet Cleaner is our most popular semi-automatic system. It is designed to clean stencils up to 29″ x 29″ (740 x 740 mm).

  • Stainless Steel Construction
  • Adjustable Temperature Heated Wash Tank
  • Low Profile for Easy Loading and Unloading
  • Cleans All Types of Solder Pastes
  • Use with 440-R Detergent

All Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaners are guaranteed to
clean any type of solder paste from any fine-pitch stencil when using Smart Sonic’s 440-R® SMT Detergent.

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Model 1550 Demonstration Video

Stencil Cleaner Features and Options

The Smart Sonic Model 1550 Stencil and Pallet Cleaner offers a very affordable alternative to the surface mount assembler requiring high quality, EPA compliance, flexibility, and guaranteed performance. Stencil Cleaners comes with an array of options to fit your specific cleaning needs.

  • Wash Tank Cover
  • Heated Wash Tank
  • Hand Held Spray Rinse Assembly
  • Hand Held Air Blow-off
  • Ultrasonic Timer
  • Parts Basket
  • Filter Recirculator
  • Power Drain
  • Quick Kleen Liner

For those not requiring all options, the Model 1500 may be configured with specific options to suit specific applications.

Like all Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaners, when using 440-R SMT Detergent, the Model 1550 is guaranteed to clean any type of solder paste from any fine-pitched stencil.

The Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaning Process has been evaluated for specific parameters of environmental safety, user safety, and cleaning efficiency. Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaners and 440-R SMT Detergent are each winners of the SMT Vision Award. No other cleaning process has been evaluated and recognized by industry experts or has reached such high standards. Users can rest assured that their Series 1550 Stencil Cleaner incorporates the technology that has set these high standards.

Model 1550
Model 1550 Top View
Model 1550 Air and Spray Guns
Model 1550 Control Panel

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Stencil Cleaner Maintenance and Operation

Maintenance of the Model 1550 is also very easy. When cleaning solder paste, the 440-R SMT Detergent wash solution is drained only once every couple of weeks. The waste solder paste is “flushed” out and contained in a gravity trap where it is easily removed for recycling or disposal. Then, fresh wash solution is then added to the wash tank and the system is ready to use. When using an optional wastewater evaporator, there is no liquid hazardous waste disposal and no resin filters because nothing is discharged to drain.

Smart Sonic provides a complete turnkey solution for Stencil Cleaning. While other companies only provide one phase of the stencil cleaning process, Smart Sonic ensures that you will achieve effective ultrasonic cleaning with a powerful, but environmentally safe detergent to clean all solder pastes.

Smart Sonic provides a complete turnkey solution for Stencil Cleaning. While other companies only provide one phase of the stencil cleaning process, Smart Sonic ensures that you will achieve effective ultrasonic cleaning with a powerful, but environmentally safe detergent to clean all solder pastes.

Ultrasonic Stencil Cleaning

Smart Sonic offers a wide array of ultrasonic equipment, from fully automatic stencil cleaners to semi-automatic stencil cleaners.

Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaners are able to clean any type of solder paste from any fine pitch stencil, at the same time its low power density is safe for cleaning misprinted PCBs and pallets. Its low-temperature cleaning conserves energy and protects stencils from heat distortion and adhesive failure.

All Smart Sonics Stencil Cleaners are able to communicate with an EnviroGuard System or a Smart Sonic Evaporator. This provides for a more automated and environmentally friendly Closed-loop Stencil Cleaning System.

SMT Detergent

Smart Sonic’s 440-R SMT Detergent is the workhorse of the Smart Sonic Process. 440-R is an effective chemistry for cleaning all types of solder paste.

More importantly, 440-R does not contain any Volatile Organic Compounds (Zero-VOC), which means that Smart Sonic is able to treat the wastewater through evaporation or through resin filters.

Other SMT detergents contain volatile compounds which are hazardous to evaporate or require more complex wastewater filtration.

Water Treatment

Smart Sonic provides two methods for treating SMT wastewater. Our most popular method is with the Model EZ-0 and the Model SE-1 evaporators. Wastewater is heated and evaporated through an exhaust duct. After the water is evaporated, you can easily dispose of the remaining solids.

Smart Sonic offers wastewater treatment through carbon and resin filters with our EnvrioGuard System. Our filter will catch any solder paste or harmful chemicals, and it can provide an additional source for Deionized (DI) water. This method is more popular where our clients don’t have a suitable means to exhaust vapor for an evaporator or have limited access to DI water.