Dry ice cleaning solutions and the chance to win
Cold Jet, W5371
Cold Jet will be showcasing five new machines at their booth, all operational for live demonstrations. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness or participate in live mould cleaning demonstrations using a dry ice blaster. Additionally, guests can observe the manufacturing process for producing dry ice pellets at designated daily demonstration times. Embracing the NPE 2024 ‘Made For You’ theme, Cold Jet is offering visitors a chance to win a newly designed i3 Microclean 2 smart dry ice blaster valued at $40,000.
Cold Jets dry ice blasters provide a variety of solutions that touch numerous applications in the plastics industry, including cleaning injection moulds in-situ at operating, blow moulds, extrusion dies, de-flashing and deburring parts, surface preparation (cleaning) parts prior to painting, post-processing 3D printed parts, etc. It is a dry process, non-abrasive and does not generate any secondary waste.
Among the machinery on site will be the new 2024 PCS 60, an automation-ready 3 mm pellet-based system allowing plastics processors to selectively control 28 different pellet sizes from 3.0 mm down to 0.3 mm particles. This flexibility in adjusting and storing particle size in memory enables customised cleaning aggressiveness tailored to various substrates, recognising the diversity in tooling geometries.
Also featured will be the new Icerocket 3 mm pellet-based system, a lower priced solution with the ability to make some minor particle size adjustments via a fragmenting nozzle. Its 3 mm platform make it a popular choice for screw cleaning applications.
The new i3 Microclean 2 is a dry ice block system, shaving a 5x5x10 dry ice block, is complementing the most popular blaster in the plastics industry, the i3 Microclean. With its capability to clean moulds, de-flash and/or deburr parts, it is claimed to be a versatile choice. The new block system can also utilise 3 mm pellet in addition to block dry ice.
The PE 80 pelletiser, a low-volume dry ice production machine, has been designed for those processors who choose to make their own dry ice, on-demand when needed.
Cold Jet will also be demonstrating its CJ Connect monitoring system bringing Industry 4.0 principles to the maintenance function. This system enables remote monitoring of cleaning operations, scheduling, and reporting of cleaning times and costs. Existing customers will have the opportunity to meet with Customer Service, which will be exhibiting a variety of new parts and accessories and service contracts.
Cold Jet emphasises that cleaning with dry ice is environmentally favourable, replacing traditional solvent-based methods. Dry ice is recycled CO2, thus not contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, as recognised by California Air Resources Board (CARB) and exempted from reporting requirements by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP).
