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Should I use dry ice blasting or sandblasting?

Posted by Chase Jeffries on Aug 4, 2021 8:00:00 AM

If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve wondered whether sandblasting or dry ice blasting is right for you. As the industry leaders in dry ice blasting and dry ice production, we’re here to help you understand the pros and cons of the various solutions and decide for yourself what is best for your situation.

In this article, we’ll unpack the advantages and disadvantages of sandblasting and dry ice blasting, as well as the best times to use each of them.

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Injection mold cleaning, Benefits of dry ice blasting, Plastics, Dry Ice Blasting + Abrasive

How injection molders are saving time and costs in their cleaning processes

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Mar 8, 2021 11:12:00 AM

Brinkmann Formenbau GmbH is located in the Lower Saxony city of Mühlen, Germany. With around 50 employees, the company manufactures spray-castable, stamping and foaming tools for the automotive, agriculture, sanitary and medical industries.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

How to produce more than 6.5 million bottles extra per year

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Oct 5, 2020 10:44:00 AM

PET molders constantly need to improve their OEE Availability, Quality and Performance Scores, all while lowering costs, extending the life of their tooling and improving their workers’ environment and safety.

What if PET processors could produce 6.5 million bottle preforms more per year?

Find the answer in the article "PET molding is like car racing - speed and control are king. Cold Jet introduces a simple way to improve production processes" published in the issue 9 / 2020 of PETplanet Insider magazine.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

How an injection molder reduced maintenance cycles by 50% with dry ice

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Jun 1, 2020 11:33:00 AM

Clean mold cavities and vents are a major concern for plastic part manufacturers in maintaining today’s high quality standards – and is a main priority for the Geiger group, whose customers are electronics and automotive manufacturers.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

Preform injection molder increases production cycles with dry ice

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on May 26, 2020 11:05:00 AM

Preform Solutions in Sioux Falls, South Dakota specializes in the production of quality preforms for the food and beverage, oil, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The small, family-owned business provides custom preform injection molding services for customers across the country, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

How medical manufacturers are increasing production of critical supplies

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Apr 28, 2020 1:33:34 PM

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the world is facing a shortage of medical supplies and personal protective equipment.

To meet the demand for these supplies, the support of various industries as well as the coordination of upstream and downstream supply chains are becoming critical.

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Injection mold cleaning, Rubber, Medical, Plastics

The magic of dry ice cleaning in mold maintenance

Posted by Steve Wilson on Apr 27, 2020 10:05:00 AM
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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

Injection molder reduces cleaning time from 16 hours to 1

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Nov 18, 2019 11:02:00 AM

Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG is an international technology group headquartered in Nürnberg, Germany. Diehl is one of the worldwide market leaders as a technology manufacturer of bars, pipes and profiles, synchronous rings made of special brass, steel and metal-plastic interconnection systems from its own value chain. Embedded in this business field, Diehl Metal Applications GmbH has specialized in innovative composite products made of metal and plastic materials.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

Injection molder decreases cleaning time by 50-75%

Posted by Steve Wilson on Oct 21, 2019 11:03:00 AM

Silgan is the largest supplier of metal containers for food products in North America and a leading supplier of plastic containers for personal care products. With more than 22 production plants, Silgan Plastics is one of the top blow molders in North America.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

Dry ice helps automotive molder meet stringent productivity demands

Posted by Steve Wilson on May 13, 2019 9:44:17 PM

For Tyco Electronics, the world's largest supplier of automotive electronic components, conventional cleaning processes for its injection molding equipment were cutting into vital production time.

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Injection mold cleaning, Electronics, Automotive, Plastics