Cleaning Steel Glass Molds with Baking Soda Blasting Material (19-B-172)
Customer was looking for a new cleaning process to improve their cleaning performance, eliminate manual cleaning, eliminate process steps, reduce cleaning costs, and find a new process.
Before
After
Cleaning Trial Type
Abrasive Cleaning
Industry
Substrate
Steel
Description of Part(s)
Steel glass mold
Machine Used
Dry Blast Cabinet
Type of Blasting
Contained
Post Cleaning
Media blast remnants were blown off with pressurized air
Soil
Baked on Carbon, Grease, Grime, Oil, Rust/Oxides, Shop Dirt
Recommendation
The ArmaKleen Technical Center recommends using ARMEX™ Blast Media – Flow Formula XL with a #4 Performance Nozzle at a blasting pressure of 60 psi or ARMEX™ Blast Media – Turbine with a #4 Performance Nozzle at a blasting pressure of 60 psi for the cleaning of shop dirt, oil, grime, cutting fluids, grease, wax, baked on carbon, rust/oxides.