The process of mold cleaning has been in high demand in various industries as the accumulation of contaminants on various tools leads to their damage. In order to ease out the mold cleaning process, technology has played a crucial role in various industries. Due to the availability of advanced technology, it has become possible to remove molds and cleaning tooling equipment. Various solutions are available for cleaning molds at home and industries for ensuring the high efficiency of tools as well as daily use equipment. In this post, we have enlisted three popular technologies that are getting popular for removing molds.
Ultrasonic Cleaning
In ultrasound cleaning, high-frequency sound waves are used for cleaning mold residues and fouling by immersing the tooling as well as plates in a heated aqueous solution. With the use of an ultrasonic electric generator, high-frequency electrical energy is produced from a standard line frequency current. The transducers connected to a wash tank vibrate at ultrasonic frequencies on the passage of current through them. And this eventually leads to the creation of microscopic bubbles to loosen vent residue without causing any damage to edges of the surface.
CO2 Dry Ice Blasting
CO2 dry ice blasting makes use of three criteria namely, kinetic effect, thermal effect, and sublimation effect in order to remove contaminants in a reliable way. It is one of the mold cleaning secrets used by automotive rubber molders due to its capability to clean molds in the press while it is heated up. The non-abrasive cleaning method helps to clean molds in an excellent way in a limited time. In this process, solid carbon dioxide pellets are shot out at high velocities to remove residue in a quick and harmless manner from mold plates and tooling.
Plastic Media Blasting
When both ultrasonic cleaning systems and ice blasting fail to remove the heavy contaminants, rust, and plate-out from the molds then plastic media blasting serves the purpose. In place of considering aggressive media, plastic is used as blasting or cleaning media as it is cleaner to use and it doesn’t harm mold steels.