GL3 Grade

Asaclean™ GL3 Grade has the second highest cleaning power after U Grade and is a multi-purpose grade that can be used for general purposes.

Cleaning power with a wide range of resins

Asaclean™ GL3 Grade offers a good balance of cleaning power and residual properties. It has the second-highest cleaning power after U Grade and can be used with many resins.

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Benefits

You can use for a wide range of resins and sealing, eliminating the need for different grades.

You can reduce scrap until the next run.

Less purging compounds remain on the next resin, making the changeover smoother.

Temperature range

180 - 330℃

Types of resin

General-purpose resins: PS (polystyrene), HIPS (impact-resistant polystyrene), PP (polypropylene), HDPE (high-density polyethene), PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)

Engineering plastics: PA66 (nylon 66), PBT (polybutylene terephthalate), PC/ABS (polycarbonate/ABS alloy), PA6 (nylon 6), POM (polyoxymethylene)

Super engineering plastics: ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer), PC (coloured) (polycarbonate (coloured)), COP (cyclo-olefin polymer), COC (cyclo-olefin copolymer), PPO (polyphenylene oxide), PPE (polyphenylene ether), PET (polyethene terephthalate), EFEP (ethylene fluoroethylene copolymer), PVDF (poly fluoroethylene)

Types of machine

Injection moulding (including cylinde)

Extrusion (including cylinder)

Applications

Colour changeovers

Material changeovers

Contamination removal

Sealing

Regular cleaning

Properties

Minimum clearance	Requires 0.5 mm clearance for hot runner gates and extrusion dies; for extrusion screen packs, nothing finer than 100-mesh screen packs may be used.
Conditions to avoid	Do not exceed recommended temperature range. Do not allow ASACLEAN GL3 Grade to reside in barrel for more than 30 minutes at temperatures higher than 280℃.
Packaging	20 kg per bag