Selection Guide
How to Choose a Parts Washer
Match the right cleaning method, capacity, and automation level to your parts, contamination type, and production requirements.
Start with Your Parts
The most basic sizing question is: what’s the biggest part you need to clean? Measure the length, width, and height of your largest typical component. That part needs to fit inside the wash cabinet with clearance on all sides.
Next, consider weight. Magido spray cabinet washers range from 330 lbs on compact X81 models to 1,500 lbs on the largest Eco series machines.
Finally, think about throughput. If you’re cleaning 50 parts per shift, a spray cabinet works. If you’re cleaning 500, you need a continuous-feed system like a belt conveyor or rotary drum washer.
Cleaning Methods Compared
Each method has distinct strengths. Choosing the right one depends on your parts, contamination, and cleanliness requirements.
Spray Cabinet Washers
Top Load & Front Load
Parts placed on a rotating basket inside an enclosed stainless steel cabinet, blasted with hot aqueous solution from strategically positioned spray nozzles.
Immersion Washers
Agita Series
Parts fully submerged in heated aqueous solution with pneumatic platform oscillation to force cleaning solution into every internal cavity.
Belt Conveyor Washers
Silver & Gold Series
Parts travel on a stainless steel mesh conveyor belt through enclosed wash, rinse, and drying stages. Integrates directly into production lines.
Rotary Drum Washers
Jolly & Spira Series
A helical screw-type rotating drum continuously tumbles and advances small parts through spray and immersion cleaning stages.
Rotary Immersion Washers
Platinum Series
Combines direct spray impingement with full immersion and rotational basket agitation through separate wash and rinse stages.
Manual Washers
DG, L & HP Series
Heated stainless steel work tanks with flow-through brush, flexible spigot, and integrated filtration. HP series adds 870 PSI spray wand.
Still Not Sure?
Magido offers free parts cleaning process evaluations. Send us your part dimensions, weights, contamination type, and throughput requirements.