Sealing

Asaclean™ solves the problem of oxidative degradation of residual resin that occurs while you stop machines. Learn more about sealing with Asaclean™.

Sealing

Eliminates oxidative degradation during shutdown

Inside a plastic moulding machine at rest, the residue is deteriorating due to residual heat and oxygen in the air. As a result, problems such as contamination entering the machine during start-up are likely to occur. With Asaclean™ to seal the machine, you can solve this potential problem.

Sealing with Asaclean™ to prevent degradation during shutdowns

It is common practice to empty the interior of plastic moulding machines during shutdowns, but this can cause unexpected quality problems. The residual resin deteriorates and oxidizes due to residual heat, and there is a risk of contamination entering your products during start-up.

However, keeping the machine filled (sealed) with Asaclean™ solves this problem. Asaclean™ shuts out oxygen and prevents thermal degradation due to residual heat. This approach minimizes quality problems during start-up and considerably improves production efficiency.

ABS deteriorates and oxidizes under high temperatures. This kind of oxidative degradation occurs in the machine after shutdowns.

With Asaclean™, you can minimize losses after machine start-up

Asaclean™ is a purging compound specially designed for resin moulding machines, and its high compatibilization technology allows it to clean a wide variety of resins efficiently. By filling the inside of the cylinder with Asaclean™ after cleaning, you can keep the inside of the machine clean and stop it.

Sealing with Asaclean™, which has good thermal stability, prevents thermal degradation and oxidation of the resin due to residual heat from the machine after shutdown. Furthermore, purging at the machine start-up washes out any remaining degradation material. As a result, you can prevent problems after start-up and reduce time loss and defect rate.

Comparison of residual resin degradation caused by residual heat and oxygen after shutdown and prevention by Asaclean™: even if you discharge ABS after moulding, the residual resin will deteriorate and oxidize inside. You may not entirely remove the resulting degradation by replacement with the next resin after start-up. Sealing with Asaclean™, there is no need to worry about the formation of these degradants or their residues.

When we stop the machine, we clean it with U Grade, seal it with IMX Grade, and clean it with UF2 Grade. When we start the machine after a holiday, the time required is less than half what it used to be, for which we are grateful.

Consumer products industry user | U/IMX/UF2 Grade

Regular cleaning and sealing ensure a trouble-free production

Sealing with Asaclean™ is effective for problems such as contamination due to oxidative deterioration of residual resin after shutdown. Still, you can considerably reduce the probability of defects by combining sealing with regular cleaning. Even if you can produce good products, contamination can accumulate unnoticed, eventually causing irretrievable defects. Combine regular cleaning with Asaclean™ to realize a trouble-free production.

Learn more about regular cleaning with Asaclean™

Regular cleaning will help maintain a low incidence of defects. In addition, combining sealing will further reduce the incidence of defective products and keep that low value. (Based on the case data of our customers)

Regular cleaning will help maintain a low incidence of defects. In addition, combining sealing will further reduce the incidence of defective products and keep that low value. (Based on the case data of our customers)

Asaclean™ reduced contamination defects with Xyron, m-PPE. Specifically, we conduct regular cleaning every two weeks using newEX and newUP Grade. During holidays, we seal the machine with newUP Grade. Sealing with Asaclean™ reduced defects after holidays from 3% to 0.3%.

Erectronics industry user | newEX/newUP Grade