Case Study: Ess-Tec

Ess Tec, Inc.乐动体育官方网址Reduces Scrap, Saves Maintenance Time with Nanoplas Products

Customer:

Ess Tec, Inc.乐动体育赞助西甲, a plastic injection molding company in Holland, Michigan

Length of Customer Relationship:

4 years

乐动体育官方网址Nanoplas Products Used:

Nano Ceramic Mold Grease*  |Zap-Ox|The Defender

*Nano Ceramic Mold Grease is no longer available.For another grease, tryMin-Lube.

Problems Experienced by Customer

  • Grease bleeding off ejector pins, causing a scrap increase of up to 40 parts at startup.
  • Gassing and burn marks at the end of fill.
  • Rust issues from high humidity days.With the rust preventative previously used, they would still need to scrap up to 20 parts.

Solutions

  • 乐动体育官方网址Applied Nanoplas'Nano Ceramic Mold Grease, which eliminated bleed off, and scrap count was reduced to 5 parts at startup (an 87% decrease in scrap).
  • UsedZap-Oxto clean gassing and burn marks at the end of fill.This saves hours of tool maintenance work.Normally, you would have to pull the tool and stone polish or bead blast to remove the gassing from the texture.Zap-Ox helps remove the rust from high humidity and condensation on the cavity steel.
  • UsedThe Defender, a rust preventative that lets you see your coverage and doesn't bleed back into the ejector pin holes before production, leading to further reduction in scrap.

Results

乐动体育官方网址Overall, the Nanoplas product line has helped Ess Tec, Inc.reduce scrap and save time with maintenance cleaning, removing inserts, sandblasting, and cleanup.

"I have been in the tooling business for 40 years and have owned my own business for 15 years.乐动体育官方网址I feel the Nanoplas products have been some of the best I have used.I would highly recommend giving the products a try.They speak for themselves."

Nick Tatarchuk

Tooling Manager,Ess Tec, Inc.

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