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Aluminium Extrusion Die Cleaning

Extrusion Die

DIE CLEANING

Given the harsh environment that extrusion dies operate in, and considering the high temperatures applied to their surfaces, pressures applied to them, and requirement to be used repeatedly and offer consistent results, it is imperative that they are cleaned. Their bearing face surfaces must be managed in such a way that maximises their lifetime, efficiency, and value to your production operation.

At Vixen, our wet blasting process and solutions are designed to give you the best technical advantage and value proposition in the market, to give you that edge against your competitors, and manage your overall costs and production requirements.

Benefits for extrusion die cleaning 

Our wet blasting process (Also known as vapor blasting), is being used globally within the industry, and has been for many decades.

Wet blasting offers a range of benefits that are relevant to the extrusion die industry:

  • Reduce overall cleaning time and die shop corrections.

  • Cleans via flow not pure impact.

  • Extends die useable life, and value with wet blasting process over other methods.

  • Cleans without dimensional change.

  • Able to clean complex shapes and geometries due to flow.

  • Consistent and uniform cleaning.

  • Very time efficient compared to high intensity labor alternatives.

  • Reduce time in the die shop and increase efficiency.
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Process Driven Solutions for Extrusion Die Cleaning

Throughout the years of working with our customers and partners within this industry, we have developed our designs and process to provide you with the best solutions within the industry.

We have a standard offering of manual and fully automated solutions to fit the requirement of small to large capacity requirements. We can meet the needs of your specific production, and provide a solution to clean the dies that are integral to your business.

All our aluminium extrusion die solutions have features that allow you to make them bespoke to your individual needs.

Some of the options that may fit with your requirement are:

  • External loading turntable to allow overhead crane loading or lifting

  • Dual end or side loading. This feature allows for multiple tables meaning no lost time between cycles as one table can be loaded whilst the other is being processed inside the machine.

  • Manual or automated blasting depending on requirement

  • High weight capacity to allow multiple dies or large bespoke die processing

  • Manual blasting option even on automatic solutions to allow flexibility of process for one off dies or any other work

  • Bespoke component fixture design for you to fit your dies