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SonoLift™ · powered lift + oscillation · SL-85 to SL-220

The lift that cleans better and pays for itself

An electric platform does the lifting, oscillates the load through the cycle for measurably better cleaning, and holds it at drain position so drag-out runs back into the bath. Operators keep their backs; the bath keeps its chemistry; the parts get the even clean that moving loads always get. The lid is included on every SonoLift.

4sizes
131–220 Ltanks
25/45 kHzdual
5stored recipes
35 kglifted for you
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Misonics SonoLift powered-lift ultrasonic cleaner — Basket raised to drain positionClick to enlarge

Basket raised to drain position

Product renders from the SonoLift CAD model. SL-160 unless noted.

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Why the lift matters

Three jobs, one platform

Oscillation cleans. The platform cycles the load through the field, so every face keeps changing aspect to the cavitation — the same physics as the oscillation stage in our process diagram, motorised. Drain position saves chemistry. The lift parks the basket above the bath and the drag-out drips back in — the drag-out recovery habit from our process guides, built into the machine. The WHS case writes itself. Thirty-five kilograms of wet parts, lifted hot out of a tank, hundreds of times a week — that is the injury the electric platform retires.

Specification

Full specification — SonoLift SL

Single tank with reciprocating platform lift. Four standard sizes; custom sizes available and every one can be optimised. Pick a size to see its full specification.

CAPACITY & DIMENSIONS
Tank volume220 L
Useful volumeConfirmed at quotation
Maximum loadConfirmed at quotation
Tank L×W×DConfirmed at quotation
Basket L×W×HConfirmed at quotation
Maximum part sizeConfirmed at quotation
Overall length, per tank920 mm
ULTRASONIC SYSTEM
Ultrasonic powerConfirmed at quotation
Frequency, standard25 / 45 kHz
Frequency, optional28/68 · 40/80 · 40/120 · 80/130 kHz
TransducersImmersible pack, base-mounted, chrome-plated
HEATING SYSTEM
Heating powerConfirmed at quotation
LOADING & HANDLING
LoadingReciprocating platform lift
Platform L×W700×450 mm
Auto lidStandard
CONTROL & SAFETY
Heating temperature30 – 80 °C
Timer1 – 60 min / continuous
Power adjustment10 – 100% linear
Conversion efficiency> 95%
Protection classIP21
Power cable length3 m
CastorsUniversal, included
ELECTRICAL & POWER
Power supply415 V 3-phase
Power drawConfirmed at quotation
Drain connection1½″
MATCHED DRYER — forced hot air
Dryer heating power12.0 kW
Dryer power draw12.8 kW / 18 A
Dryer overall L×W×H1400×920×920 mm
MATERIALS & WARRANTY
Tank materialSS304
SS316 tank upgradeOption
Machine warranty12 months

Figures from the Misonics Sono Range 2026 technical specification. One process basket is included per machine; additional baskets are optional. Filtration, oil separation and load or off-load automation cannot be retrofitted — they are ordered with the machine.

All specifications — incl. dimensions, ultrasonic power and volume — are confirmed at quotation.

Watch it work

Load, cycle, unload

A gear set goes into the basket black with carbon and oil. The platform lowers it, the cavitation does the work, and it comes out bright — no blasting, no picking, no wire brush near a finished tooth flank.

The load lowered, oscillated through the field, and lifted clean. Nothing in the tank touches the part except the liquid.

Demonstration machine, shown in the supplier’s demonstration livery; Misonics units are finished as shown in the renders above. Clip is silent and loads only when you press play.

Features — every SonoLift

What the generator actually does

Dual frequency, switched at the panel

Two frequencies on one machine. The coarse band does the demolition, the fine band does the finish — on the same load, in the same bath. A part that needs both does not need two machines.

Automatic sweep

Sweeps the drive across the band so standing waves cannot park a dead spot in the tank. Parts at the back of the basket come out like parts at the front.

Twice peak power

Short bursts above rated power for stubborn soils and semi-aqueous solvents.

Linear power, 10–100%

Stepless, not three steps. Set the cavitation where the part and the chemistry want it and leave it there.

Load self-adaption

The generator reads liquid level, bath temperature and the load in the basket, and holds working frequency and power output as they change.

Industrial LCD control

Working status and every parameter on one screen — time, frequency, sweep, set and actual temperature, power.

Peak modulation

Collapses the bubbles faster. On the standard foil test the breakdown is measurably quicker at the same power.

Stable output

Ultrasonic output holds while the bath heats and the basket moves, rather than drifting with the load.

Conversion efficiency above 95%

The transducers are rated at better than 95% conversion of electrical energy to ultrasonic. More of what you pay for reaches the part.

Extended stations

Circulation, oil separation, bubbling, rinsing, high-pressure spray and drying can be added as extra stations on the same platform.

Options

Pick the frequency, then pick the filtration

Both are specified at order and built in — they are not switched later. Everything below is available on every SonoLift size.

Option 1 — frequency

Which pair of frequencies

Every machine is dual frequency. What changes is which two bands you get.

  • 25 / 45 kHzFitted unless you specify otherwise.
  • 28 / 68 kHzcoarse pair — heavy soils, castings, weld scale
  • 40 / 80 kHzgeneral workshop and precision in one machine
  • 40 / 130 kHzfine work — the widest split we offer
  • 80 / 130 kHzfine and very fine — plated, polished and optical parts

Single-frequency builds and other pairings are quoted on request.

Option 2 — filtration

Keeping the bath working

Filtration is what decides how long a bath lasts and how clean the last part looks compared with the first.

  • Circulation loopPump, housing and return, so the bath is filtered while it runs.
  • Bag or cartridgeMicron rating chosen for the soil. Bags for heavy swarf, cartridges for fines.
  • Oil separationWeir skimmer or separator pulls tramp oil off the surface before it re-deposits.
  • Extra stationsBubbling, rinsing, high-pressure spray and hot-air drying, on the same platform.

Also available: SS316 tank and basket, additional baskets, bunded stainless base, loading and unloading platforms, and a matched hot-air dryer.

Chemistry

Approved chemistry

Chemistry rule: these tanks are approved for the declared chemistry at the declared concentration and temperature. Acid chemistry needs an acid-duty specification. Hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid and pickling solutions are not permitted in the tank; acid processes are only possible by indirect cleaning in a chemically inert secondary container, and only with written Misonics approval.
General degrease

FX Degreaser

The daily bath for oils, grease and workshop soils — 5% in water, works from warm.

Product, SDS & TDS →Ferrous carbon & paint

MetalTek 100

Grease, rust, scale, carbon and paint off steel and cast iron in one bath — the chemistry the 1.5 mm SS316 tank was built to hold. pH 14, so ferrous only.

Product, SDS & TDS →Precision & approvals

AquaVantage 815 GD

Aerospace-approved aqueous for new-manufacture and precision work; 815 QR-NF for MRO carbon.

Product, SDS & TDS →
Up and down the ladder

Same tank, different hands on the basket.

SonoWash™The entry point — operator-drivenSonoLine™ automatedWhen even loading time is worth automatingThe automation arithmeticWhen each level pays — with numbers

Items marked “confirmed at quotation” are set out in the engineering pack supplied with your quotation.