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What do you do when coming off a year of 42% growth and sales approaching $10 million in North America? You move to a state-of-the-art facility over double the size of your original location! Hydro-Chem Systems is now located at 6605 Broadmoor Ave SE in Caledonia, MI 49316, only 10 minutes away from our previous building.

Congratulations to the winners of our Open House Raffle!!

This week HCS and our employee-owners celebrated at our anniversary dinner by recognizing our newest members being inducted into our ESOP as well as our current employees who have reached their own milestone anniversaries!

A little chemical straight out of the drum can sometimes do many times the work of chemical diluted through a pressure washer or foamer for those really grimy spots. HCS offers a 3 gallon industrial grade air sprayer that is acid and alkaline resistant for applying strong concentrations or even straight chemicals to problem areas.

Commonalties for Effective Cleaning of Any Surface Character of the Soap Applied Dilution Ration of the Chemicals to Emulsify, Saponify, Suspend, etc. Soft vs. Hard Water Cold Water vs. Hot Water Need for Pressure, or Friction, Applied to the Dirty Surface Degree of Soap Agitation or Release The Removal of “Road Film” is what distinguishes vehicle cleaning from other…

Many small pressure washers equipped with low pressure, downstream soap injection, or machines with variable injection, are not capable of precise chemical metering. Many injectors of this type can draw as much as 40 ounces per minute or more when fully opened, more than twice the typically necessary soap draw.

Today, water recycling has become a hot topic, not only for environmental reasons, but the cost of water supply, expense of discharging waste water, sludge removal and new legislation on waste water have all contributed to a growing number of companies investing in water recycling and water treatment systems.

We can’t stress enough that Cost-Per-Gallon of detergent does not always translate directly into Cost-Per-Wash. Expensive soaps can often be diluted further to do the same work as less expensive soaps that cannot be diluted. Don’t let sticker shock scare you; do the math when looking at a new detergent and remember that you get what you pay for! It’s almost always…

How much PSI and GPM are required to get your job done properly and efficiently? The cleaning efficiency of a pressure washer is calculated using the formula (PSI x GPM). This simple equation yields E.C.U. which stands for “effective cleaning units” this value is an excellent proxy for the true cleaning power of a pressure washer. Most people only consider pressure…

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc has added a revolutionary bio-reclaim system to handle wastewater to solidify HCS as THE source for fleet washing systems. In some areas the use of water is a big concern and that’s where wastewater reclaim comes in.