Oliver BolkWith dry ice cleaning, the quality of our finished parts increased greatly. Power washing leads to varnishing and stains on the parts, while dry ice cleaning eliminates this.
Managing Director | Autotest Iggingen GmbH
Dry Ice CLeaning Equipment for Plastics Industry
Solutions for your pain points in plastics processing
Dry ice blasting helps plastic manufacturers reduce scrap and downtime, improve product quality, prolong the life of their equipment, and increase profitability.
Dry Ice Cleaning Equipment for Plastics & Composites
Dry ice blasting offers numerous benefits for cleaning in the Plastics industry, making it a great choice for companies looking to improve efficiency, quality, and sustainability in their manufacturing processes. When manufacturing plastic and composite parts, molds and equipment must be kept meticulously clean to ensure product quality. Dry ice blasting can effectively remove residues, mold-release agents, and contaminants from molds, extruders, and other equipment without damaging delicate surfaces.
Traditional cleaning methods like sandblasting or chemical cleaning can be abrasive and may damage plastic surfaces. Dry ice blasting provides a non-abrasive alternative, making it suitable for cleaning sensitive plastic components without causing any harm. Dry ice blasting involves propelling pellets of dry ice at a high velocity to clean surfaces. It’s non-toxic since dry ice is made of solid carbon dioxide (CO2), which sublimates (turns into gas) upon contact with the surface being cleaned, leaving no residue. Investing in the right dry ice blasting equipment is crucial for achieving optimal results.
View our selection of dry ice blasting equipment or contact our representatives today to learn which product would work best for your needs!
Mold Cleaning With Dry Ice Blasting
Cut downtime while improving part quality
Benefits
Dry ice cleaning provides a non-abrasive method to safely clean molds online at operating temperatures.
- Improve product quality
- Clean in-place Little to no disassembly required
- Non-abrasive No damage to molds
- Reduce scrap Cleaner molds lead to higher quality
- Reduce production downtime Clean quicker and without cooldown
- Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
- Eliminate painstaking manual cleaning
Specific use cases:
- Injection molds
- Blow molds
- Compression molds
- Urethane molds
- Textured molds
- Medical molds
- Technical molds
- Extrusion dies
- PET preform molds
- LSR and LIM molds
- +More
Surface Preparation
Prepare surfaces with a dry process that allows for immediate coatings/paint application
Benefits
Dry ice cleaning machines deliver a dry process that eliminates the need for aqueous or chemical solutions on paint lines.
- Dry process allows for immediate painting or coating after cleaning
- No secondary waste Reduce disposal costs
- Non-abrasive Will not damage parts
- Improve product quality
- Environmentally sustainable
Specific use cases:
- Interior automotive parts
- Exterior automotive parts
- Cleaning surfaces before RTV’s
- +More
Parts Finishing
Quickly and safely deburr and deflash parts
Benefits
Dry ice blasting machines provide a faster and more uniform flash and burr removal process without causing damage to the part.
- Faster and more uniform clean
- Elimination of cross contamination
- Non-abrasive Lower scrap rates
- Reduce cleaning costs and overall downtime
- Higher quality parts
- Eliminate manual cleaning
Specific use cases:
- PEEK
- PBT
- Acetal
- Nylon
- LCP
- ABS
- UHMWPE
- Nitinol
- + More
Benefits of Dry Ice Blasting
Maintain high quality standards while improving productivity
The unique benefits of dry ice make it the perfect cleaning media for plastics processors.
- Improve part quality
- Reduce scrap
- Reduce production downtime
- Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
- Clean in-place No disassembly required
- Non-abrasive No damage to product or equipment
- Environmentally sustainableNo secondary waste
- Operationally safe Reduce harmful chemicals and tedious manual cleaning
Managing Director | Autotest Iggingen GmbH
Jan SchotteIn addition to cleaning our molds faster and more frequently, we no longer need a team of people to help us disassemble, clean and reassemble molding equipment.
Process Technology - Plastics | TE Connectivity
Mike WohlfarthWe clean a number of molds that are hot while online. With dry ice cleaning, we are able to clean the molds much faster than when using chemicals. This has reduced downtime and increased both our productivity and employee safety.
Tooling Engineer | MPC
Mike UrquhartPreform mold cleaning can be a time consuming process, particularly for high-cavitation molds. By using Cold Jet’s system, our customers find a fast and easy cleaning solution that helps them significantly reduce system downtime and improve productivity.
VP, PET | Husky
Tom MendelCleaning with Cold Jet will not roll parting lines, change or destroy the metal and best of all, it allows our running time to be extended. We use it every day, on every shift.
President and CEO | Performance Plastics
Dry Ice Cleaning for Plastics
Cold Jet’s line of dry ice blasting machines can be used to remove the build-up of unwanted surface residues from either the product mix itself, mold releases, or the labeling process.
Case Studies
Proven technology produces definable results
Our solutions are driving real results in our customers’ organizations.
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Plastics & CompositesInjection molder reduced maintenance cycles by 50%, reducing costs and downtime
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Medical DeviceMedical device manufacturers experience improved product quality and reduced scrap rates
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Plastics & CompositesMold cleaning time reduced by 50%, while labor reduced from multiple workers to one
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