Although pharmacists have been called "pill rollers" for years, pill-making is really a high-precision manufacturing process. The molds for pills are actually precision micro-molds because of the letters, numbers, and trademarks molded into the pill. To keep the precision, the molds have to be cleaned.
Dry ice blasting saves time and money cleaning precision pharmaceutical molds for pills, surgical stents, catheters, and other tiny precision medical products. In pill production, for example, water and solvents could contaminate the product, but dry ice simply sublimates into CO2 gas after doing the cleaning. Manual cleaning is hugely labor-intensive and can leave gouges in the expensive micro-precision molds. Parting-line flash on molded products can also be removed with precision dry ice blasting as a finishing step in production.
The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is very security-conscious, too, so outside contract cleaning is not desireable. IceTech dry ice blasting machines from Continental Carbonic Products can be moved around the factory to wherever cleaning is needed. Since dry ice blasting is so quick and efficient, regular line workers can be trained to accomplish the job with minimal production downtime.
Whether you need to clean a micro-mold for a little pill, or a giant mold for a rubber tractor tire, Continental Carbonic Products can help you with efficient, time-saving dry ice cleaning applications, and a reliable supply of dry ice pellets to do the job. Please contact us for more information at the location nearest you.
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