If you’ve been in a room full of facilities managers lately, you’ve probably heard the debate: dry steam vs. UV-C disinfection (ultraviolet-C light disinfection). It’s the kind of argument that gets people surprisingly animated for a conversation about cleaning. Both methods promise a sparkling, germ-free world, but they take very different routes to get there. One involves scalding microbes into oblivion, the other zaps them with invisible light like something out of a low-budget sci-fi film. Which one deserves the crown? Let’s have a chat about that.

Steam cleaning in electronics manufacturing sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it? Water and electronics, two things you’d normally keep as far apart as possible. Yet, in the precise and somewhat obsessive world of electronics production, steam cleaning has quietly become a clever way to remove stubborn contaminants without drowning expensive circuit boards. It’s like giving your tech a spa treatment, minus the fluffy robes.