One significant challenge confronting rubber molders is mold fouling. The accumulation of cured material and mold release agents leads to molds sticking, causing defects and excess material on final parts, rendering them unusable and necessitating production line stoppage for cleaning.
Conventional cleaning techniques such as manual scraping, glass bead blasting, or ultrasonic cleaning can be labor-intensive, inefficient, detrimental to molds, and lead to elevated labor and material expenses. Dry ice blasting provides a fast, effective, and non-damaging solution for cleaning molds in place, ensuring uninterrupted production and preserving the integrity of costly molds.
Applications
- Injection Molding
- Blow Molding
- Compression Molding
- Tilt-back Press
- Lift Press
- Metal Bonded Mold
Key Benefits
- Eliminate production shutdown; clean online, no cool down required
- No disassembly of molds; eliminate reassembly damage and scrap
- Reduce product scrap; no more delayed cleaning resulting in product defects
- Non-abrasive; no impact damage or mold erosion
- Increase production time; 25-50%*
- Reduce cleaning time; labor cost reduction up to 75%*
- Environmentally responsible; no secondary waste
