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Chemical purge for tough molding & extrusion jobs.


A new chemical purging Purging
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purging (purj´ing),
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 agent boasts twice the efficiency of previous products. Ampurge 103400 from Ampacet Corp., Tarrytown, N.Y., removes color deposits from molding and extrusion equipment running polyolefins or engineering resins. It can be used at up to 550 F and reportedly can do the job in only 15 to 20 min. Its improved effectiveness was reportedly demonstrated in comparative trials with up to three other chemical purges on an injection machine and an extruder. Ampacet formulated the product to be especially reactive and included a softer scouring scouring

characterized by scour.


scouring disease
a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency.
 material, which makes it less abrasive abrasive, material used to grind, smooth, cut, or polish another substance. Natural abrasives include sand, pumice, corundum, and ground quartz. Carborundum (silicon carbide) and alumina (aluminum oxide) are important synthetically produced abrasives.  to hot runners A hot runner is an injection mold component containing a series of channels that distributes molten plastic within a mold to increase molding productivity through reduced waste, as the runners arent wasted each cycle by being ejected, as the plasic stays molten and gets used on the , blow molding heads, and other sensitive elements. Tel: (800) 888-4267 * www.ampacet.com
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Title Annotation:KEEPING UP WITH: Additives
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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