Purging Compounds
Cast Acrylic Purging Compound
Mechanical purging compound comes in granulate form, enhancing handling, storage and grittiness for cleaning.
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Got Streaks or Black Specs? Here’s How to Find and Fix Them
Determining the source of streaking or contamination in your molded parts is a critical step in perfecting your purging procedures ultimately saving you time and money.
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Tom Hanvey and Yoko Tanaka move onto new positions.
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Run Lots of Colors? Time to Consider a Commercial Purging Compound
Processors who use commercial purging compounds will see a reduction in scrap levels, machine downtime and overall cost.
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The Power of Self-Emptying Technology for Extrusion Lines
Advanced purging compounds can save you time, frustration, and cost.
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Asahi Kasei Plastics North America Merges with Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas
Merged entity to further boost best-in-class manufacturing services.
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10 Ways to Improve Twin-Screw Compounding Performance
There are many techniques known to operators and plant engineers for increasing the performance of a twin-screw compounding extruder.
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Specialty Purging Compounds Optimize Color and Material Changeovers
Selecting of the correct purging compound can speed up material and color changeover time and reduce scrap. You’ll even save on material.
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Asaclean Launches Interactive, Educational Website
Offering nearly 500 pages of purging content in English & Spanish, the new site is suited to both new and experienced processors.
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Follow These Tips to Maximize Purging Efficiency
Commercial purging compounds offer dedicated solutions to your equipment cleaning needs, but some can be more effective in cleaning the ‘dead areas’ in certain screws and tooling. Follow these tips to choose the right one for your application, and make sure to follow the right protocol when shutting down for long periods.
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