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Purging Compound Insights And Tips

Topic: Preventative-purging

How Downtime is Hurting Your Bottom Line

Downtime is one of the costliest expenses (factors) that a company can have. Machines can get..

Best Practices for Displacing Purging Compounds

Picture this: you’re about to finish purging a machine. You’re diligently monitoring the purge..

Custom Molders: Clean When You Can. Pull Screws When You Must.

A few weeks ago, my colleague Ben wrote about how EX Grade can be used to facilitate painless..

How to Reduce Costs (and Headaches) on Screw Pulls

Who relishes tear downs and pulling screws out on injection molding machines and/or extrusion..

When Sheet Extruders Should Increase Heats While Purging (& When They Shouldn't)

I recently gave technical support to a new customer who is a Process Engineer at a mid-sized..

Why Injection Molders Should Rely on Purge

The best technique to keep your injection molding machines screws and hot runner systems clean..

2 Ways Purging Compounds Can Help With Processing Clear Resins

3 Reasons Why It's a Good Idea to Start a Purge Program Today

Are you currently thinking about exploring and implementing a quality purging program? Good..

Extrusion FAQ: Can I Run Purge Through Melt Pumps & Static Mixers?

Many extrusion processors ask us whether or not you can run purging compounds through melt..

3 Benefits of Two-Step Purging for Difficult Temperature Changeovers

Over the past 25 years, the plastics industry introduced countless new resins and additives that..