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Purging Compound Articles
What’s a purging compound?
A purging compound is a plastic resin compound designed to clean all primary plastic machinery (injection molding machines, blow molding machines, extruders) when changing color, resin or simply to remove black specks or contaminations. ...
Purging between molds and/or material changes is time consuming and costly for molders. Yet, it’s a necessary evil. Necessary because molds and molding systems must be “purged” of residue materials, colorants and other contaminants when changing molds, materials or colors. Evil...
Published July 18, 2003
Ultra Purge the Italian leader Purging Compound manufactured from Commerciale Ultra in Italy and Moulds Plus International in US and Europe is now introducing the new grade specifically designed to clean PET with food contact certificate.
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Plastic processing companies around the world are scrambling to gain an advantage over their competition. The economic slowdown has resulted in companies having to re-evaluate certain areas to decrease production costs in hopes of increasing profit margins. Lean manufacturing is one of...
by Andrew Reeder, Moulds Plus International
A company going green is not only socially responsible, but also financially responsible. The best way for plastic processing companies to go green is by reducing waste. Waste is present in many forms. The two most common forms of waste are...
Published in Plastic News
Ultra Purge from Moulds Plus International USA Inc. was designed to help solve all of the problems associated with mold material and color changes. Ultra Purge’s formulation differs from conventional purging compounds in that rather than being a mechanical...
New Purging Compound Designed to Purge Stack Molds
Color changes on thin wall container stack molds just became easier with the introduction of the Ultra Purge BP grade. Moulds Plus International in cooperation with leading thin wall container manufacturers, developed the Ultra...
Published in Injection Molding Magazine on May 12th, 2009 by Clare Goldsberry
Purging between molds and material changes is time consuming and seems costly for molders. But is it a necessary evil? It’s necessary because molds and molding systems must be purged of residue materials,...
Purging an injection molding press, whether it be for color changes or removal of carbon, can be very time consuming and expensive. The lost production time and the scrap resin cuts into the company’s profit margin making it more difficult to compete in this difficult economy. Along with...
Carbon contamination can be a big headache for many thermo plastic processing companies as lingering black specks can result in a huge loss of production and create quality control issues. Along with using an effective commercial purging compound, here a few basic tips a company...
