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Delivering quality equipment and service since 1920, Baron Blakeslee is one of the world's leading manufacturers of standard and custom industrial equipment. We serve a broad range of customers and industries. Our range of products include Vapor Degreasing Systems, Distillation Recovery Systems, Aqueous and Semi-Aqueous Cleaning Systems, as well as emerging technologies involving modified alcohol, hydrocarbon, halogen-free and PFAS-free cleaning processes. We encourage our customers to review our Products page to see the host of other products and services we provide.

All Baron Blakeslee’s equipment is engineered, designed, and manufactured in our modern facility in Williamstown, WV, USA. We offer a total, personalized service approach to our customers, including application evaluation, testing, technical service, contract maintenance, replacement parts, training and installation.

Baron Blakeslee SFC, Inc. has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Service Filtration Corporation since July 2009. Other subsidiaries of Service Filtration Corporation include: SERFILCO Ltd., USA, R.P Adams, Pacer Pump, Polymar, and SERFILCO International.

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Industrial Cleaning and Degreasing Solutions

Baron Blakeslee’s customers come from a variety of industries that have critical cleaning requirements. We welcome the opportunity to provide our customers the most efficient, cost effective, and environmentally safe cleaning equipment. Our innovative technology, efficient design, and robust construction is legendary. Today, Baron Blakeslee remains the most recognized American vapor degreaser manufacturer that designs, engineers, manufactures, and services a full range of standard and custom systems.

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Baron Blakeslee started as the Blakeslee Company around the beginning of the 20th Century. Its first major product was an automatic commercial dish washing machine. Primarily made of wood, it was sold as a machine that would "clean more dishes than it would break."

In the 1930's, Baron Blakeslee entered the industrial cleaning market by providing vapor degreasing machines and solvent to the Ford Motor Company. The original patent for solvent vapor degreasing  was established in Germany and Baron Blakeslee licensed the process. Baron Blakeslee refined this technology to become the leading provider for vapor degreasing equipment in the world. Baron Blakeslee products are renown for efficiency, robust construction, longevity, and reliability.

The Montreal Protocol of the 1990's banned the manufacture many solvents. As a result, the use of solvent vapor as the preferred technology for removing organic soils significantly declined. Over time, development of new, safe, and climate friendly cleaning solvents, along with more efficient equipment design, industry leaders have once again embraced vapor degreasing technology. For critical cleaning of organic soils, solvent vapor degreasing is the standard by which all other cleaning processes are measured.

Today, Baron Blakeslee SFC, Inc. remains the industry standard for vapor degreasing systems. In fact, Baron Blakeslee is the only US provider of a full range of standard and custom systems with internal design engineering team, research & development, manufacturing, and technical service. In addition, Baron Blakeslee has recently expanded its product offering to include aqueous and semi-aqueous cleaning systems as well as Airless Vacuum Vapor Degreasing Systems.

Regardless of the cleaning application, Baron Blakeslee has the right equipment and process to meet your needs!

Baron Blakeslee’s acquisition of Serec Corporation

In the early 1990s, Serec set out to develop and patent the revolutionary airless vacuum technology and became the only American manufacturer of vacuum vapor degreasers. Seeing an important opportunity for growth, Baron Blakeslee acquired Serec Corporation and its vacuum technology in 2017. Since then, we have improved the design and performance of the airless/vacuum degreasers.

Committed to exceeding regulatory and environmental requirements, Baron Blakeslee airless/vacuum degreasers employ a closed-loop technology achieving near zero emissions, 99.9% solvent recovery, and minimized energy usage.

Baron Blakeslee airless/vacuum degreasers installed in California have been certified by the Los Angeles South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), the most stringent air quality governing body in the nation. In addition, Baron Blakeslee airless vacuum degreasers have met the environmental requirements of BACT, LEAR, MACT, and NESHAP.

The complete range of solvent cleaning systems, from open-top vapor degreasers to airless vacuum degreasing systems all designed, built, and supported by American workers in America. Baron Blakeslee offers cleaning systems and technology for all modern cleaning solvents.

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Baron Blakeslee, since 1920, the original American industrial equipment manufacturer.

Industries We Serve

As a leader in the industrial parts washer industry,

Baron Blakeslee provides high-quality industrial equipment that is compliant with local and federal environmental standards. While we originally only manufactured vapor degreasing equipment, we now manufacture a wide array of equipment for various industries. Regardless of your industry, Baron Blakeslee has the only industrial equipment experts that you'll ever need. Please read on to learn more about the products that we make and what we can do for you.

Aerospace

Aerospace

Baron Blakeslee manufactures a variety of standard and custom-designed aerospace parts cleaning equipment.

Aerospace Equipment Cleaners

Medical

Medical

Medical parts cleaning is not a hassle when you trust your needs to Baron Blakeslee. Originally known as a vapor degreaser manufacturer, we also design a variety of precision industrial parts cleaning equipment.

Medical Cleaning Equipment

Automotive

Automotive

Baron Blakeslee equipment designed to meet the high production and critical cleaning requirements of the automotive industry.

Automotive Equipment

Electronics

Electronics

Baron Blakeslee is the company to turn to for assistance with your material handling and electronics needs - standard or custom.

Electronics Cleaning Equipment

Metal Finishing

Metal Finishing

Baron Blakeslee is the industrial cleaning equipment company trusted by clients in the metal finishing industry.

Metal Finishin Cleaning Equipment

Helicopter & Aircraft MRO

Helicopter & Aircraft MRO

Baron Blakeslee manufactures a diverse line of vapor degreasers and other precision cleaning equipment that can be used in a wide variety of helicopter and aircraft maintenance applications.

Helicopter & Aircraft Cleaning Equipment

Military

Military

Baron Blakeslee provides a variety of equipment designed for use in Military requirements such as Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) applications.

Military Equipment

Ball Bearing

Ball Bearing

Are you involved in the bearing manufacturing industry and looking for the perfect solution for cleaning greasy bearings?

Ball Bearing Cleaning Equipment

Semiconductor

Semiconductor

The semiconductor industry is a high-tech field that requires precision manufacturing, and Baron Blakeslee offers the innovative equipment.

Semiconductor Cleaning Equipment

Defense

Defense

Baron Blakeslee is the industry leader in cleaning equipment for defense applications.

Defense Equipment

Space

Space

Baron Blakeslee has long served the space industry with innovative products that provide unique solutions to the cleaning challenges involved in space exploration.

Space Equipment

3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing

3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing

Baron Blakeslee offers many specialized and unique products to address the rapidly evolving 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing industry.

3D Printing Equipment

ENERGY

ENERGY

Baron Blakeslee cleaning systems provide solutions to challenging requirements in the Energy industry critical to meet growing demand.

Energy Equipment

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