CLEANING SYSTEMS AND SERVICES

FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY

 

Clayton Thermal Processes Limited (CTPL) have seen a substantial increase in turnover from the U K plastics sector, with increased revenue from their Contract Cleaning Service and in the supply of thermal cleaning systems for in house use.

 

Since the introduction in 2007 of a new range of vacuum pyrolisis furnaces, orders have been taken for two Schwing VacuClean 354T units and a Schwing VacuClean 154T, which have been delivered, installed and commissioned to the customers’ satisfaction.

 

The 354T has a usable chamber size of 3.23 metres x 0.53 metre x 0.43 metre, has a load capacity of 1,250 kilograms and is capable of cleaning screws, filters and spinnerettes up to 3 metres in length. The furnaces were sold to leading manufacturers in the medical injection moulding sector and in the production of non woven fibres. VacuClean 154T, which has a usable chamber size of 1.12 metres x 0.53 metre x 0.43 metre, a load capacity of 750 kilograms is the perfect answer for the cleaning of contaminated extrusion die heads prior to disassembly. A unit was supplied to a major manufacturer of piping and sanitary systems for the residential, commercial and infrastructure sectors.

A tool room thermal cleaning oven, Compact Cleaner II, for the cleaning of extrusion machine die parts was supplied to a leading manufacturer of hose for pneumatic, hydraulic and fluid applications. The unit has a usable volume of 400 mms dia x 570 mms deep, enabling the customer to clean parts up to 80 kilograms in weight.

 

Sub contract cleaning is ideal for polymer processors who have insufficient throughput to justify an in house cleaning system and CTPL has seen a big increase in the number of customers using the service. With the need to maximize the use of tool room personnel, it is often cheaper to send out parts for cleaning. Components are not subjected to the same risk of damage, which results from mechanical cleaning or the use of the old-fashioned gas torch and they are generally turned round in less than 24 hours. In recent times CTPL has won orders for the cleaning of hot runners, screws, filters and significantly for the cleaning of spinnerettes and spinnerette filter packs from fibre production.

 

Clayton Thermal Processes Ltd markets the full range of thermal cleaning equipment manufactured by Schwing Fluid Technik Gmbh, which includes heat treatment fluidised beds, cleaning ovens and vacuum pyrolisis furnaces as well as offering the contract cleaning and heat treatment service from its works in the West Midlands.