Hands-on & Virtual Workshops

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2025 Hands-on Workshop

Back by popular demand! The hands-on workshop returns in the Spring of 2025 at the Precision Machining Technology Show. We are excited to team with Gardner Business Media to organize and host a hands-on workshop on-site at PMTS. 

(Learn more and register here...)

The one-day workshop teaches how cleaning and cleanliness testing work. By participating in hands-on exercises of techniques for cleaning and cleanliness verification, attendees gain the understanding and knowledge to make practical, effective, and sustainable manufacturing decisions. While exercises are supplemented by demonstrations and tutorials, the workshop is not death by PowerPoint! Topics include aqueous, solvent, and “non-chemical” cleaning, including cleaning chemicals and cleaning processes (spray, ultrasonics, cyclic nucleation, in-line, batch).

Most manufactured product and product contact surfaces require cleaning during (and sometimes after) manufacture and assembly. Examples of areas where effective cleaning is essential include: metal fabrication, product assembly, optics, electronics, microelectronics, wafer fab, medical devices, aerospace/aeronautics, military, and additive manufacturing.

What do you call cleaning?

There are many different terms for cleaning.

  • Cleaning
  • Precision Cleaning
  • Critical Cleaning
  • Safety/Critical Cleaning
  • Surface Prep for Finishing
  • Technical Cleanliness
  • Residue Removal

Who will benefit from the workshop?

If you or your company fabricates, finishes, maintains or repairs product or product contact surfaces (like reaction vessels), this workshop is time well-spent. If you sell chemicals or cleaning equipment, this workshop will help you better understand and optimize the market for your products.

We are tailoring our workshop for all parties: Manufacturing Engineers, Product Designers, Managers, Sales and Marketing, Managers, Facilities Personnel, Assemblers, Operators, Process Technicians, Quality Control Personnel, Regulatory Affairs Experts (industry, military, and government), Safety/Environmental Professionals​, and more.

​Participants will receive a PDF Certificate of Completion with continuing education credits from Sam Houston State University.

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On-Demand Online Workshops, Webinars, Videos, and Newsletters

We love providing hands-on events, but some need our valuable content right now! Therefore, we are consistently building on-demand and online content:

2021 Virtual Workshop

The 2021 Workshop had a compelling, live and interactive online experience over the 16 hours of classroom and lab instruction.

Real-time cleaning exercises and demonstrations brought the attendees as close as possible to hands-on testing. 

The Product Quality Cleaning Workshop featured:

  • 16 hours of continuing education
  • 8 hours of live and interactive class time
  • 8 hours of live and interactive time in the lab cleaning parts and discussing equipment, cleaners, and pro-tips

Attendee comments from the 2021 virtual workshop:

  • "You folks did a great job. You covered it all. Zoom seemed to work well, your tech guy should get a medal."
  • "I have to admit, you kept me on my toes throughout the event by always interjecting the direct importance of physics and chemistry on cleaning, that part was great."
  • "I thought the workshop was amazing, great job! I really enjoyed attending it and learned quite a few things as well. Despite it having to be virtual, I thought you all did a fantastic job at explaining and demonstrating everything for others to understand."

2018 Hands-on Workshop

We hosted our inaugural hands-on workshop here at Sam Houston State University.

Attendee comments from the 2018 hands-on workshop:

PQCW: What activities/information did you find most valuable?

  • "The various cleaning processes available which I can relay to customers."  - Mark
  • "lab activities & demonstrations - specifically the low-tech analytical techniques. ... Tying things to fundamental chemistry was very helpful." - 2018 Attendee
  • "One-on-one conversations" - Michael
  • "vapor degreasing (I had no previous knowledge)" - Chris
  • "FTIR, Raman, and fluorescence of surfaces" - Don
  • "Excellent workshop. I will recommend to others." - John
  • "All the lab activities were interesting & made me think about things I need to consider in my own lab work." - Carolyn
  • "Hands-on workshop was great. Standards discussion was informative. Overall great program, well organized!" - Mary
  • "As a chemist, I found the surface energy portions most valuable." - 2018 Attendee
  • "The general overview of cleaning and the introduction to cleaning processes [were most valuable]. I really enjoyed [the] foil testing explanation." - Rachel

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