Ultrasonic washing machine



An ultrasonic washing machine is designed for washing clothes using sound vibrations created in the detergent solution, the frequency of which is close to ultrasonic. The features of the USM are that when washing there is no mechanical friction of the laundry, the laundry is completely disinfected after washing by the USM, and the device's power consumption is no more than 15 W.

The device of an ultrasonic washing machine consists of a power supply made according to a transformerless circuit, a pulse generator on a VT1 transistor, a piezoceramic emitter in a sealed waterproof housing. The pulse voltage from the generator is increased to 50 - 55 V using a Tpl transformer. Pulse repetition frequency is within 18-30 kHz. Light-emitting diode VD5 is designed to indicate generator operation.


Manufacturing

The electrical circuit diagram of the device is shown in Fig. 1, drawing of a printed circuit board with the arrangement of elements - in Fig. 2. The pulse transformer is wound on a closed W-shaped core made of soft magnetic ferrite type 600 PV, which is glued from two W-shaped cores W bkhb.Winding I contains 70 turns of PEV-0.3 wire, winding II contains 10 turns of PEV-0.3 wire. winding Ш - 450 turns of the same wire.
Winding is carried out on a two-section frame made of electrical cardboard turn to turn: winding III is located in one section; I and P - in another, and winding II is wound on top of winding I. After winding, the frame is placed on the middle rod of the core Sh bkhb, and the second core Sh bkhb is glued on top with BF-2 glue, forming a closed magnetic circuit. The printed circuit board is made of foil-coated single-sided fiberglass SF with a thickness of 1.5...2 mm.
After assembling and setting up the Tpl trigger, it is advisable to fill it with epoxy resin or sealant. When using serviceable parts and correct assembly, the circuit begins to work immediately. If there is no generation (by ear), you need to swap the ends of winding I. Piezoceramic emitter Z1 in the author's design uses an industrial disk-shaped one (Fig. 3) made of TsTS-9 type ceramics. As a replacement, we can recommend piezo emitters like ZI-19 and the like, connected as shown in Fig. 4.
The hole in the plastic casing of the emitter is carefully expanded to a diameter of 20 mm. The piezo emitter (Fig. 3) is placed in a housing (Fig. 5), glued together from three sheets of plexiglass, fixed in the middle sheet with glue: after sewing with wire, it is filled with sealant to seal the joints. Filling should be done flush with the surfaces of the outer sheets. The channel for passing the wire in the housing is also filled with sealant. The device circuit is placed in a housing from an old power supply (for example, from a microcalculator) and is connected to the emitter with a 2500 mm long vinyl-clad wire.The use of dynamic 4GDV type high-frequency heads as emitters in the design is acceptable, but their service life is short.
When installing the head into a housing similar to that shown in Fig. 5, it must be insulated (wrapped) with thin rubber with tension (especially over the head horn), then filled with sealant.


Operating the device

Soak heavily soiled laundry 2-3 hours before washing. Do the washing in a container with a volume of no more than 15-20 liters in the following sequence:
1. Prepare a container for washing with a ratio of bottom width to height of at least 1:1.5 (bucket, deep basin, etc.)
2. Fill the container with water at a temperature of 40-50° C for synthetics or 60-65° C for cotton and linen. Check the temperature on the label of the fabric being washed.
3. Pour washing powder into the water.
4. Lower the emitter into the middle of the container.
5. Load laundry (no more than 1.5 kg dry weight). Make sure that the laundry floats freely in the washing solution. Wash heavily soiled areas with soap.
6. Connect the device to the network.
7 Washing time is 30-90 minutes; during washing, turn the laundry approximately once every 10-15 minutes. The washing process is invisible. USM is also effective when soaking laundry before washing in a regular machine, while the disinfection effect is also preserved.
8. After finishing washing, disconnect the trigger from the mains, rinse and dry the emitter.
9. Rinse the laundry.
The use of USM is especially effective when washing thin woolen items, delicate linen, etc. In this case, things do not twist, stretch, or lose their shape.


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    #1 I Guests 19 August 2016 22:03
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    Since when did sealant become feminine? Where, in what area, do they write “sealant” on the cylinders and call it that in everyday life? You write on the internet for thousands of people. Is it really difficult to use a browser with spell checking?
  2. Guest Alexander
    #2 Guest Alexander Guests 14 October 2018 19:25
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    About 15 years ago I was a maniac. 561LA7, output kt927, supply trans 400 W, secondary only 2 windings of 30 V, paralleled.
    Monitoring voltage (drop), current (3A = 1/5 scale, off scale), frequency (frequency meter 8-bit asynchronous, up to 50 MHz, own). The emitter is powerful, as I understand it, 100 volt. 2 KT 827 are paralleled, on a radiator with a book. During the settings, sometimes the generation failed and a short circuit occurred, with the trans voltage dropping (!) and the output transistors heating for a second (OFF button). I have seen many effects (mostly, neatly ash of a cigarette into water, into a jar, rupture when turned on, scattering, chaotic lightning-like movement of ash particles throughout the jar,...). I experimented in 3-liter jars with the top cut off. The emitter was the size of a jar lid and did not fit into the jar.
    So, black, dried, fuel oil rags (towel), in 5, maybe even 4 minutes (they tore off to drink coffee, half of the towel, in clean cold summer water, in a basin. When I left the house, I was stunned.. Wet half of the towel, that was in the basin - just rinse...) becomes perfect, new. I knew it from school and didn’t add detergent or heat it up - it should tear it up anyway. Maybe even so! In 5 minutes - perfect, new condition, fuel oil rags. KT 827 worked on ferr. ring with a voltage increase of 3 times (to 100 V). In the configured state it consumed about 150 W (non-resonant minimum), and in case of failures - short circuit. Therefore, when setting up, there is a transformer with a reserve. 827s - replaced quite a lot. At 24 V supply there was no effect. Emitter (you cannot insert a photo) 70x4mm, in epoxy 80x9mm. The jarring effects were at frequencies around 24, 40, and 70 kHz.
    P/N I went for coffee, leaving the power on low. Complexity; the frequency of the generator, the windings of the ferrite ring, the output circuit, since the emitter is a large capacity and at high frequencies requires large currents. As I understand it, the immersion depth of the ultrasonic emitter affects the imbalance of frequencies, and should be a constant, if it’s already caught...
    Maybe!!! In cold water, without detergents! In 5 minutes ! At the same time, there were no noise effects.
    And the scheme is the simplest. Generator for 561LA7, intermediate 3102 or 3107, 827, ring 44x8, internal 25, 50 turns of primary and 150 of secondary, 0.4 (also burned)), same diameter. Just collect a bunch of resonances of the frequencies of the generator, ring and output circuit with the emitter... And, when changing the frequency, depth, just a little, the effect is not immediately visible, then wait a minute or two, but the range is large, there are many effects... Weeks ...
    If my wife hadn’t called me for coffee, I wouldn’t have written... I would have left the frequency...
    Something unusual is that water in a bucket can spin instantly, without acceleration or stirring. A slight rotation, but the whole mass at once. The movement of a particle in water along a chaotic broken line, with 2 ... 4 fractures, up to 20 cm in a split second, in almost stagnant water, among other stationary particles of debris (usually ash)). This movement has some name, I don’t remember. It was in 2002...