Purging Compounds

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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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best practices

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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Heat-Activated Purging Concentrate Cuts Molder's Scrap & Changeover Times

CH3 Solutions increased productivity on its multi-cavity hot runners with new Asaclean Plus Grade concentrate.

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A Planned Purging Program Can Boost Your Hot-Runner Efficiency

Molders can increase the efficiency of their hot-runner operations if a strategic approach is developed to address the need for required resin and color changes.

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Mold Maintenance

Controller-Guided Procedure for Faster Hot-Runner Color Changes

Husky partnered with Chem-Trend to speed hot-runner color changes, pairing a new guided procedure within the Altanium Mold Controller with Chem-Trend’s Ultra Purge brand of purging compound.

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Heat-Activated Purging Concentrate Designed for Toughest Applications

Asahi Kasei Asaclean America’s Plus Grade blends seamlessly with a processor’s own production resins  

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The Experts Speak: Seven Cost-Saving Purging Tips for Compounding Twins

Purging gurus from the material, machinery and compounding sides of the industry offer their insights on best practices and tips that can keep your compounding twin-screw extruder up and running.

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Low-Viscosity, “Dual-Action” Purging Compound

Shuman Plastics’ new Dyna-Purge L purging compound is a recyclable, heat-stable formulation for hot runners, stack molds and extrusion applications.

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