IMCD: Reducing Costs for Over 20 Years Thanks to Asaclean® Purging CompoundIMCD

It combines mechanical and chemical cleaning, and thanks to the additives it contains, it can reverse the natural adhesion of plastic to metal to promote the separation and flushing out of deposits. It is thermally stabilised (170⁰C - 420⁰C), so it does not burn, while  also protecting the metal working surfaces of processing equipment.

It is suitable for injection moulding, blow moulding, film and sheet extrusion, profile, pipe and cable production, coextrusion,  compounding, etc.

It effectively helps with:

•     colour changes & contamination
•     material changes & contamination
•     changes in processing temperatures from high & low and vice versa
•     contamination caused by carbonised plastic
•     residual contamination of transparent plastic products
•     maintenance - faster screw removal when required
•     preventive cleaning
•     shutdowns

It is used by customers across industries:

automotive, medical and pharmaceutical, packaging materials, electronics and electrical, consumer goods, industrial applications and others.

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Asaclean® is available both in universal grades, offering an optimal price/performance ratio and suitable for most processing technologies and types of processed plastics, and in more than 15 variants that help in special cases. The nature of the plastic being processed is the determining factor when choosing the right tailor-made solution for the customer:

•     “soft”  commodity plastics such as PP, PE, PVC, TPE,… and soft speciality  and sensitive or reactive plastics such as TPO, POM, TPU
•     non-transparent styrenic plastics (ABS, HIPS) and non-transparent engineering plastics (PA, PC, PC/ABS, PBT, PPO…)
•     material blends such as PC/PET; ASA/PA6; PBT/PE
•     “difficult-to-process” plastics, especially transparent polymers, e.g. PC, PMMA, TABS, PET, PETG, SAN, COC and others.
•     high-temperature engineering plastics (LCP, PEEK, PEI, etc.) represent a separate area

Each of the above groups of plastics has characteristic features that require specific cleaning procedures. The experts at IMCD Czech Republic s.r.o. will help with a customer  solution from A to Z  as follows:

•     by selecting the optimal grade for the specific requirements of the production process  “fit to function”
•     by providing free samples according to the size and operating method of the processing equipment
•     by providing free technical support “in situ” (we come and clean)
•     by training operators and providing follow-up consultations (training videos,  case studies)
•     by providing the necessary documentation/certificates
•     by calculating “before and after” savings (comparing the original cleaning process with the one using Asaclean)
•     by organising a technical seminar 2x a year

The aim of IMCD Czech Rep. is to achieve maximum efficiency and product quality for all our customers in all areas of polymer processing through expertise, a customer-focused approach and the pricing policy for Asaclean®, in the spirit of a win-win philosophy.

Prepared using company materials from ASAHI KASEI, Japan.