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ZELL cleaning basket systems – Quality that sets standards in every industry

In industrial parts cleaning, precision, cleanliness, and process reliability are essential. With the cleaning baskets and part carrier systems from ZELL, leading companies rely on uncompromising quality and maximum compatibility – regardless of whether your components are cleaned in modified alcohols, aqueous media, or with ultrasound.

Whether for automotive, aerospace, medical technology or electronics manufacturing – our cleaning baskets support efficient, scratch-free and sustainable component cleaning that seamlessly integrates into your systems and process chains.

As a production manager or purchaser in the field of industrial component cleaning, you know that the quality of the cleaning basket determines part protection, cleaning effectiveness, and process stability. With ZELL's part carrier systems and cleaning baskets, you secure durable, adaptable solutions that prove their worth in practice.

✔ Technical facts that count

  • Temperature and chemical resistance:
    Our PA6GB30 plastic carriers have been repeatedly tested for cleaning media up to 70–100  °C, even in combination with modified alcohols and ultrasound.
"After ultrasonic cleaning with solvent, no optical or mechanical changes could be detected."
Thomas Schwarz, Pero AG
  • Loading weight and handling:
    Our systems are designed for an ergonomic load of 18–25 kg per basket. Reinforced versions for higher loads are available.
  • Durability in use:
    Companies have been using ZELL systems for over 15 years, with multiple daily cleaning cycles, even under rotation (360°), without relevant signs of wear.
  • Standardized dimensions:
    ZELL cleaning baskets are based on Schäfer dimensions (470 × 320 mm) and are available in various heights. Plastic systems can be flexibly adapted using spacers. With its plastic systems, ZELL also offers other logistical dimensions and can manufacture any surface dimensions with its stainless steel trays.
  • For bulk and set goods:
    Suitable trays, cover plates, inserts for small parts and bulk materials, also with plastic clips for gentle fixation.
  • Safely clean the finest parts:
    Mesh sizes from 1 mm for extremely delicate or rotationally symmetrical components. Clips can be individually manufactured – positive locking, scratch-free and media-open.

Compatible with leading industrial cleaning system manufacturers

ZELL cleaning baskets and carrier systems are fully compatible with a variety of market-leading cleaning systems, including:

  • Pero AG
  • Ecoclean
  • iFP
  • Mafac
  • BvL
  • etc.

System integration is plug-and-play – also for automated processes such as rotary tables, vacuum drying or robot handling.

Customer story: From doubt to long-term partnership

We recently visited a potential customer – an experienced production manager who clearly showed his initial skepticism. Between critical glances at our cleaning baskets and precise inquiries, it quickly became clear that only one thing counts here – reliability in daily use.

After an initial discussion and a short tour of the plant, the crucial question finally came up:

“I want to know whether the thing will last for 10 years at 70  °C, with an alkaline medium, in a rotary plate with vacuum drying – or whether I have to buy a new one every two years.”

Our answer: Yes, it does.

Because that's exactly what our systems have proven in practice many times over – with companies that have been working with ZELL cleaning baskets for over 15 years, with up to 10 cycles per day – even in rotating operation.

What followed was not just a handshake, but the beginning of a strong collaboration. Today, we are jointly implementing projects – from standardized carriers to individual solutions for particularly sensitive components. Initial skepticism has turned into trust – based on real results, durable products and technical reliability.

Proven in industrial applications – real-world references

Leading companies such as Bosch, SFS, WIKA, Müller Präzision, NTK and Schuhmacher Präzisionsdrehteile rely on ZELL systems for their component cleaning.

“We have been in partnership with ZELL Systemtechnik GmbH since 2010. Some of the load carriers have already been in use for over 8 years!”
Julian Plötz, Purchasing, Müller Präzision GmbH
“The use of Part carrier systems from ZELL means an increase in quality in parts cleaning for us. The modular system makes it possible to transport our components sustainably and without scratches.”
Christopher Munz, WIKA USA
“ZELL has raised parts cleaning and intralogistics to a new level. When we have inquiries, we receive solution-oriented proposals – the external perspective often helps us.”
Dirk Dürre, Schuhmacher Präzisionsdrehteile GmbH
“We have been working in partnership with ZELL since 2016. The special positioning of our components in the stainless steel clips allows for rotating, contact-free cleaning. Previously, this was only possible to a limited extent – now we are achieving significantly better cleaning results.”
Francesco Franchi, Production Manager, NTK

🧩 Tailored solutions – without complexity

ZELL cleaning basket systems are 100% modular in design. This means that for each new component, a specially adapted clip or holder is developed that fits into our existing modular system. This results in customized part carrier systems without the need to redesign the entire basket.

This is how the coordination works:

  1. Data transmission:
    Customers send us – under NDA or anonymized – the component geometry as a STEP file.
  2. Online Pre-Configuration:
    With the ZELL Online Configurator, many carrier systems can be digitally configured directly based on the STEP model using standard components – quickly, intuitively, and efficiently.
  3. Technical support for custom solutions:
    If the configuration does not provide a satisfactory solution, our development team will individually analyze the application. Customers receive a detailed solution outline, tailored to geometry, cleaning steps and processes, within 2 weeks at the latest.
  4. Modular implementation:
    The specific clip is developed, manufactured and integrated into the standardized basket system (e. g. Schäfer dimension 470×320 mm) – for seamless integration into your existing cleaning systems.

Delivery times:

  • Average delivery time from release: approx. 2 months
  • Pre-configured standard solutions may be available more quickly

Your Benefits with a ZELL Cleaning Basket:

  • Optimal Flow through open structures, precise holders, for ultrasonic, immersion and spray cleaning
  • Scratch-free transport thanks to shape and function-optimized holders
  • Modularity & Flexibility with changing product sizes.
  • Maximum compatibility with standard and special systems
  • Durable materials: Stainless steel, PA
  • Custom manufacturing according to customer drawings or component specifications
  • System compatibility with leading manufacturers
  • Cycle stability over many years – tested in continuous operation
  • Reduced scrap & higher throughput due to reliable component guidance

ZELL cleaning baskets – For companies that want more than just clean

Our systems help you improve cleaning results, reduce rejects, and stabilize your processes. Whether series production or small series – we deliver customized solutions that make you more productive immediately.

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