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Purging Compound Insights And Tips

Topic: Injection-molding

Easy Startups After Your Holiday Shutdown: Start 2022 with Good Parts

When you wrap up 2021 and shutdown your machines for your holiday, make sure you're setting..

Easy Startups After Thanksgiving Shutdown Sealing with Asaclean

Oxidation and polymer degradation are common problems in plastics processing. When Oxidation..

Two-Step Purging: High-to-Low Temp Changeovers Without Black Specks

We know that very few plants are only running super-engineering resins, engineering resins, or..

4 Preventative Purging Tips to Super-Charge your Preventative Maintenance

A lack of a preventative purging program may be costly in terms of plastics processing..

Fuel Your Purge Program with the 3 Key Types of Purging Compounds

While cost of resins and raw materials continues to rise, it’s hard to overstate the incredible..

2 Reasons Why Your Machine’s Auto-Purge Function Sabotages Your Purging Results

Many plastics processors and convertors have told me some of their injection molding machines..

Asaclean Cheat Sheet: The Right Purging Compound for Most Situations

When processors start using purging compounds, many do not know where to start when it's time to..

Injection Molding FAQ: What is Cushion & why do I need to hold it?

Injection Molding has a lot of strange sounding terms. Fill time, back pressure, shot size,..

Optimizing Shot Size When Purging Molding Machines

Contrary to popular belief, you should never perform shots at 100% when purging an injection..

A Beginner’s Guide to Hot Runner Cleaning with Purging Compounds

In 2 of my most recent blogs, I posed a few reasons why a strong purging program is a good idea..