Purging (manufacturing)

Purging (manufacturing)
Before and after purging image of injection molding machine screw
Process typeCleaning process of Injection moulding

Purging is a cleaning process of injection molding to clean thermoplastics molding machines and extruders. This process is very important as a virgin resin cannot effectively remove previous resin residuals from the previous run.[1]

  1. ^ "Tips of the trade: Purging troubleshooting for injection molding". Plastics Today. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2020.