Cold Jet has greatly increased our efficiency with core box cleaning.
Dry Ice Blasting for Foundries
Reduce downtime while protecting foundry equipment from damage
Dry ice blasting for foundries significantly reduces cleaning time of permanent molds, core boxes, die cast tooling and ancillary equipment while improving part quality.
Mold Cleaning
Increase product quality and reduce scrap rates by eliminating coating irregularities and buildup
Benefits
Dry ice blasting completely removes refractory coating and residual material without damaging mold vents or rounding mold edges.
- Improve product quality
- Clean in-place Little to no disassembly required
- Non-abrasive No damage to surface area or vents
- Reduce scrap Cleaner molds lead to higher quality
- Meet stringent industry demands 6-Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
- Reduce production downtime Clean quicker and without cooldown
- Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
- Eliminate painstaking manual cleaning
Specific use cases:
- Permanent aluminum molds
- Shell core molds
- Casting molds
- Thermoform molds
- RIM urethane molds
- Permanent grey iron molds
- Metal bonded molds
- Injection molds
- Compression molds
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Core Box Cleaning
Significantly reduce cleaning time without damaging vents
Benefits
Dry ice cleaning quickly and safely removes buildup of sand, resin and other residue without damaging core boxes.
- Reduce production downtime
- Safely clean without damaging vents or screens
- Eliminate disassembly Clean while hot and in-place
- Clean more effectively
- Eliminate waste disposal costs
- Environmentally sustainable
- Deliver superior as-cast finish
Specific use cases:
- Cold boxes
- Half core boxes
- Dump core boxes
- Split core boxes
- Strickle core boxes
- Left and right hand core boxes
- Loose piece core boxes
- Gang core boxes
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Die Cast Tooling Cleaning
Effectively clean forging dies while hot and online
Benefits
Dry ice blasting effectively removes scale, oxides and lubricants from die cavities without damaging equipment.
- Improve product quality
- Reduce production downtime
- Clean quicker and without cooldown or disassembly
- Non-abrasive No damage to equipment
- No secondary waste
- Eliminate painstaking manual cleaning
- Delivers superior as-cast finish
- Environmentally sustainable
Specific use cases:
- Semi-solid casting tooling
- Squeeze casting tooling
- Low-pressure permanent molding (LPPM)
- Permanent molding
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General Equipment Cleaning
Reduce cleaning time and production downtime while prolonging equipment life
Benefits
Dry ice cleaning quickly and effectively cleans foundry production equipment without water, chemicals or secondary waste.
- Reduce cleaning time
- Eliminate manual cleaning with harmful chemical solvents
- Enhance Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs
- No secondary waste
- Non-abrasive Eliminate wear and tear on machinery
- Reduce risk of unplanned production stoppages and costly repairs
- Environmentally sustainable
- Clean in-place
Specific use cases:
- Metal processing equipment and tooling
- Equipment degreasing
- Refractory coating removal
- Coating equipment
- Hydraulic power units
- Electric motors and electric boxes
- Resins and release agents removal
- Ceilings and walls
- Control panels
- Cooling fans
- Pipes, hoses and fittings
- +More
Weld Line Cleaning
Improve efficiency and accuracy of automated weld lines
Benefits
Dry ice cleaning eliminates weld line misalignment, breakdowns and scrap by effectively removing weld slag and spatter buildup.
- Reduce scrap rates
- Maximize tooling life and decrease fixture repair
- Non-abrasive Will not damage sensors
- Replace ineffective, costly and labor intensive cleaning methods
- Minimize downtime
- No secondary waste
- Environmentally sustainable
- Clean onlineNo cooldown required
Specific use cases:
- Robot joints
- Transfer cases
- Shuttle jigs
- Diamond plates
- Trunnions
- Weld tables
- Fixtures
- Proximity switches
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Benefits of Dry Ice Blasting
Increase equipment productivity and the quality of finished parts
Dry ice blasting effectively and safely cleans permanent molding and die casting equipment without the need for disassembly.
- Increase productivity and reduce downtime
- Clean in-place No disassembly required
- Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
- No secondary waste stream for disposal
- Improve part quality and reduce scrap
- Delivers superior as-cast finish
- Non-abrasive No damage to product or equipment
- Operationally safe Reduce harmful chemicals and tedious manual cleaning
- Environmentally sustainable
We estimated that it would pay for itself in six months, but it took only one month. This machine is incredible. Every foundry needs to own a dry ice cleaning system!
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Dry Ice Cleaning Technology for the Foundry Industry
Cold Jet’s line of dry ice blasting machines can be used in the foundry industry.
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