Thermoplastics Manufacturing Products and Solutions

Our approach to working hand-in-hand with the industry and our customers to generate solutions that overcome their production challenges is behind the wide range of products we have developed for thermoplastics processing. Our portfolio is focused on the goal of increasing quality and productivity while minimizing any adverse impact on the environment, thus adding overall value to our customers’ bottom line.

We serve the thermoplastics industry through our Lusin® mold maintenance products and our Ultra Purge™ purging compounds.

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Purging Compound Solutions for Thermoplastics Processing

Our advanced purging compound formulations help Thermoplastics manufacturers across a variety of applications – including injection molding, extrusion, blown film, and extrusion blow molding – achieve the following operational benefits:

• 20X More Efficiency: Achieve up to 20 times greater efficiency during color or material changes compared to traditional cleaning methods, like virgin resins.
• Improved Product Quality: Produce enhanced finished products with fewer streaks, black specks, discoloration, and other defects.
• Reduced Machine Downtime: Minimize the time required to clean color and polymer contamination from processing machinery – even when transitioning between incompatible polymers and polymers with a wide processing temperature difference.
• Lower Scrap Rate: Significantly decrease material waste and defects due to higher-quality finished products and more stable start-ups.
• Cost Savings: Create a smoother overall production process and long-term financial gains via material and time savings.

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High-Value Purging Compounds

Residue inevitably builds up after color and material changes. This often leads to frustrating production challenges for operators who use traditional methods to clean their thermoplastic processing equipment. These issues affect a variety of applications such as injection molding, extrusion, blown film, and extrusion blow molding. Presented as streaks, spots, and discoloration on finished parts, these problems contribute to an unstable process. This may result in higher scrap rates, more downtime, and lower quality of finished products. All things to avoid.

Improved Product Quality

Reduced Downtime

Reduced Scrap Rate

Value

The value of switching to a high-performance purging compound is clear. Chem-Trend’s advanced purging compounds undergo rigorous testing and have the backing of global R&D resources. This ensures high-performance and high-quality characteristics remain constant.

20x More Efficient

at color or material changeover than traditional solutions

Cost Efficiency

Cost efficiency is an important consideration for your process. The use of a high-quality purging compound reduces the amount of time and material required to clean a machine from color and polymer contamination or material degradation. This contributes to a more stable production process and long-term financial gains.

Ease of Transitioning

Advanced purging compounds create a smooth transition between incompatible polymers and polymers with a wide processing temperature difference. They can also solve contamination issues when used to transition to clear or transparent polymers and when changing colors. This is necessary for hot runner molds and injection molding applications.

Products for Applications

Discover more about how to reduce downtime and scrap in blown film, compounding, and blow molding processes using Ultra Purge™ 3615 purging compound.

Explore Ultra Purge™ 1215 for injection molding and extrusion lines for fast, thorough changeovers.

Compare film purge solutions to know what is right for your application – Ultra Purge™ 3615, Ultra Purge™ 3627, Ultra Purge™ C1851.

Mold Maintenance Solutions for Thermoplastics Processing

Chem-Trend delivers greater efficiency and cost effectiveness for Thermoplastics manufacturers. Formulated to work seamlessly as a complete system, our Lusin® line of mold maintenance solutions – including mold cleaners and degreasers, mold protectants, lubricants, preform and bottle coating, and release agents – helps facilitate:

• Rapid and Complete Cleaning: Save operational time with solutions formulated specifically to quickly remove tenacious polymers and deposits from metal surfaces.
• Better Surface Quality: Safely and effectively remove resins, colors, additives, waxes, oils, grease, and most types of polymer residues.
• Improved Start-Up Procedures: Eliminate defects with clean tool surfaces that prevent common start-up issues, like warping, uneven finishes, and stains.
• Extended Equipment Life: Protect tools and machinery by creating a barrier that keeps metal surfaces clean, corrosion-resistant, and running smoothly.
• Extreme Pressure Performance: Keep seizing and breakage of mechanical parts like ejector pins under high pressure, while avoiding lubrication transfer to final parts.

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Mold Release Solutions for Thermoplastics Processing

Chem-Trend delivers some of the highest-performing mold release solutions available for manufacturers around the world. Our specialized Lusin® line of release agents is formulated specifically to help thermoplastics processors achieve:

• Versatile Mold Release: Deploy solutions across a wide variety of polymer types, temperatures, machinery configurations, and manufacturing processes.
• Silicone-Free Release: Eliminate post-processing issues with silicone-free formulations that can be easily cleaned or removed.
• Stress-Cracking Protection: Prevent defects and damage in stress-crack sensitive polymers like polycarbonate (PC) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

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