Fixture, pallet & reflow-cooler cleaning

Dirty carriers quietly ruin perfect boards

SME5200 / SME5300 rotary cabinets and the SME5500 / BC230 cooler washer put flux scale back where it belongs — in a filtered sump — with documented, auditable cycles.

Customer-validated: performance reports from a Schneider factory trial are published below.

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Ø1000–1300 mmRotary basket classes
3-stageFilter ladder down to 20 μm
6 kg/cm²Spray pressure up to fixture walls
2Published Schneider validation reports
The lineup

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SME5200 Pallet & Fixture Cleaning Machine — Southern Machinery
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Rotary spray cabinet

SME5200 Pallet & Fixture Cleaning Machine

The workhorse of carrier hygiene: Ø1000 mm rotating basket, 720° spray coverage and a 3-stage filter ladder (2 mm / 100 μm / 20 μm) that strips flux scale from reflow towers, wave cassettes and conformal carriers. Independently validated at a Schneider factory — reports linked below.

Schneider-validated trialsWater recycling720° coverage
SME5200 — key specifications
Cleaning basketØ1000 mm × H200 mm rotary
Rinse tank80 L clear water
FiltrationGrade 1: 2 mm pump screen · Grade 2: 100 μm solids · Grade 3: 20 μm flux core
CoverageAll-aspect spray — composite stone, steel and aluminum carriers
Air supply0.5–0.7 MPa, 800–1000 L/min
FootprintL1380 × W2000 × H1400 mm · 600 kg

Source: SME5200 Fixture/Stencil Cleaning Machine 2021 datasheet + user manual 2020 + Technical Deep Dive, Southern Machinery.

Desktop 80L-tray version for 450 mm benchtop reflow ovens is available — see the SME-5200 solder-80L datasheet.
SME5300 Fixture Cleaning Machine — Southern Machinery
SME5300 Fixture Cleaning Machine view
Big basket · high stack

SME5300 Fixture Cleaning Machine

The taller sibling for heavy wave-soldering cassettes and mixed fixture sets — same rotary-spray platform and filtration philosophy with expanded capacity.

Heavy cassettesSame consumables family
SME5300 — key specifications
Cleaning basketØ1000 mm × H200 mm rotary (fixture-tall variant)
Spray pressureUp to 6 kg/cm² clean-liquid pressure for thorough coverage
Filtration2 mm / 100 μm / 20 μm ladder, water recycling
Air supply0.5–0.7 MPa, 800–1000 L/min
FootprintL1380 × W2000 × H1400 mm · 600 kg

Source: SME5300 Fixture Cleaning Machine 2022 datasheet, Southern Machinery.

SME5500 / BC230 Reflow Oven Cooler Cleaning Machine — Southern Machinery
SME5500 / BC230 Reflow Oven Cooler Cleaning Machine view
Specialist

SME5500 / BC230 Reflow Oven Cooler Cleaning Machine

Stop scrubbing cooler fans by hand. A Ø1300 mm batch basket washes reflow coolers, fan modules and fin stacks with heated solution, 2 mm/100 μm/20 μm filtration and air-blow dry — recovering cooling capacity and noise margins.

No disassembly soak tubsRestores ΔT on reflow zones
BC230 / SME5500 family — key specifications
BasketØ1300 mm, clean height 450 mm — batch type
Filtration2 mm / 100 μm / 20 μm
Pressure4–5 kg/cm² wash/rinse
Air supply0.5–0.7 MPa, 400–600 L/min · blower drying
FootprintL1750 × W2300 × H1450 mm

Source: BC230 Reflow oven Cooler Cleaning Machine SPEC 2025 + SME5500 installation layout & presentation PDFs, Southern Machinery.

SME5500 (legacy marketing name) and BC230 (2025 spec) describe the same cooler-washing platform; ask which revision quotes for your plant.
Conformal Coating Carrier & Squeegee / Screen Units — Southern Machinery
Conformal Coating Carrier & Squeegee / Screen Units view
For coating lines

Conformal Coating Carrier & Squeegee / Screen Units

Purpose variants of the cabinet family for masking carriers (SPE/PVC), DEK/MPM squeegee blades (SCM-2200 / SME220) and screen frames (SCM3100/SME100 strippers) — documented in the Conformal Pallet Cleaning datasheet.

One consumables ecosystem
Family options
Conformal carriersBatch wash of masking fixtures & pallets
Squeegee cleanerSCM-2200 / SME220 blade wash units
Screen strippingSME100 developing & stripping machine

Source: Conformal pallet Cleaning Machine datasheet; SCM-2200/SME220 & SME100 presentations, Southern Machinery.

Per-model spec tables are consolidated from the presentation PDFs — request the exact revision you will be quoted.
Equipment selection guide

Which machine fits your EMS line?

Tell us your product mix and we will spec it — this section shows how we typically match lines to factories.

Most requested

SME5200

Reflow pallets & standard carriers

The default cabinet: fits SMT & wave pallets up to Ø1000×200 loads; consumables and spares are family-wide.

SME5300

Tall wave cassettes

Higher fixtures and heavier stacks get the 6 kg/cm² spray treatment.

SME5500 / BC230

Reflow coolers & fans

Dedicated basket geometry for cooler modules — removes the manual scrubbing task entirely.

Conformal / squeegee variants

Coating & print rooms

Masking carriers, squeegee blades, screen frames: same water-based philosophy, adapted fixtures.

How it works

Inside the rotary fixture washer

LOAD
SPRAY 360°
FILTER 2mm
RINSE
DRY
AUDIT LOG
Drag to rotate · scroll to zoom angle
  • Load — pallets stand radially in the Ø1000 mm rotating basket.
  • Wash — heated solution sweeps all fixture faces; 20 μm core captures flux so it never re-deposits.
  • Rinse — 80 L clear-water stage with recycled makeup.
  • Dry — filtered air knocks water out of pockets and seat openings.
Return on investment

Cleaning pays for itself — fast

20 μmFlux filtration protects recycled bath
800–1000 L/minAir demand — sized to normal plant header
2 reportsPublished Schneider validation
0Hand-scrubbing hours for coolers

Validation reports below quantify before/after fixture weight and seat accuracy — the exact data quality teams ask for.

Installation guide

Ready to run in a normal production day

Typical site preparation for Southern Machinery aqueous cleaning equipment. Exact utilities for each model are in its manual.

Floor

Level pad with basket-side clearance for load/unload trolleys.

Drainage

Near floor drain; recycled sump keeps water use low.

Air

0.5–0.7 MPa, 800–1000 L/min for spray assist & dry stage.

Layout

SME-5200 installation floor layout ships with the order (PDF below).

Trial

Send witness fixtures — we clean-test them and ship microscope records.

Floor layout: SME-5200 Installation Protocol (PDF)Training videos on our channel
Watch the machines run

Real footage from our YouTube channel

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SME5200 fixture cleaning machine overview
SME5200 fixture cleaning machine overview
Pallet cleaning test — before/after demo
Pallet cleaning test — before/after demo
Pallet & fixture cleaner on an EMS line
Pallet & fixture cleaner on an EMS line
Cleaning SMT fixtures more environmentally
Cleaning SMT fixtures more environmentally
Customer feedback: SME-5200 at Schneider
Customer feedback: SME-5200 at Schneider
Performance test — Schneider pallets
Performance test — Schneider pallets
Stop scrubbing reflow coolers — SME5500
Stop scrubbing reflow coolers — SME5500
Wave/reflow fixture & pallet cleaning
Wave/reflow fixture & pallet cleaning
Cleaning wave soldering & reflow pallets
Cleaning wave soldering & reflow pallets

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Catalogs & manuals

Take the paperwork with you

Official Southern Machinery datasheets, manuals and validation reports, hosted on our file server.

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SME5200 introduction

Platform overview & applications.

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SME5200 datasheet (2021)

Spec table & filter ladder.

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SME5200 user manual (2020)

Full operation & maintenance.

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SME-5200 Technical Deep Dive

Engineering walk-through.

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SME5200 Schneider performance validation

Customer trial report.

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SME5200 pallet cleaning trials (wave fixtures)

Trial data pack.

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SME5300 datasheet (2022)

Big-fixture variant.

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SME-5500 pallet/cooler cleaning machine

Reflow-cooler platform.

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Conformal pallet cleaning

Coating-carrier washer datasheet.

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SME-5200 installation protocol

Floor layout & utilities.

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FAQ

Questions EMS engineers actually ask

What fits in the basket?
Standard load envelope Ø1000 × H200 mm (SME5200/5300); cooler basket Ø1300 × H450 mm. Send a carrier drawing or sample and we confirm fixtures.
Does it clean aluminum vs steel differently?
Spray reaches both; the chemistry guide sets agent ratio and temperature for aluminum to avoid oxidation — composite-stone and steel are standard recipes.
How is water use controlled?
Three-stage filtration recycles the wash bath; rinse tank is 80 L with makeup monitoring. Compare to hose-sink practice, it is a fraction.
Can we get the Schneider documentation?
The validation and trials reports are public (PDFs above) — they are the same paperwork your automotive/medical audit asks for.

Send one dirty pallet. Get the cleaning report back.

Our trial lab cleans your witness fixture, photographs it and returns a data sheet — exactly the process behind the Schneider reports above.

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