Digital Dry Ice Cleaning Technology Enables Mold Component Surface Preparation

Cold Jet highlights its PCS ULTRA, a digital dry ice cleaning technology to prepare substrates prior to coating. This technology is useful to mold builders as they must account for the incalculable number of polymers and blends in the industry today. Many times, mold builders will incorporate various coatings (I.e., DLC’s) which require the mold components to have the proper surface treatment prior to coating.

The PCS ULTRA offers the maximum working range of performance of any dry ice blaster in the marketplace, enabling mold builders to select 28 different particle sizes ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 mm depending on the level of aggression needed to prepare the component. Programmable process application recipes can be stored in memory via the 7 inch LCD color screen with HMI.

Dry ice provides cleaning properties for mold builders. It is dry, eliminating the need for component drying; it’s non-abrasive, eliminating any concern for altering the finished component dimensions; and environmentally friendly as well as sustainable, eliminating the use of solvents or harder media.

Cold Jet CONNECT provides mold builders with Industry 4.0 / IIOT monitoring and analytics capabilities. The entire surface preparation process, as well as the machine status, can be remotely monitored and reported. This provides more process stability and high-quality cleaning compared to other traditional methods. These features can also increase the component production rate, while consistently ensuring optimized execution.

Moreover, the PCS ULTRA has automation and integration capabilities. From semi-automated solutions to fully automated solutions, including the incorporated manufacture of dry ice pellets, is available. This enables mold builders to carry out surface preparation tasks lights out.