Laser Cleaning of Plastic Molds

• Laser can clean surfaces that cannot be cleaned by conventional methods
• Molds can be cleaned on-site without dismantling
• Highly-effective and green technology with savings up to 90 % of operational costs
• Fast return of investment – it is proven that the investment is paid back by savings on operational costs of cleaning
• Low failure rate and long lifetime
• Laser cleaning is contactless and gentle to the base material
• Perfect surface cleaning in one crossover instead of long repeated cycles, which are required when using conventional methods

• Cleaning of plastic and rubber molds without surface treatment
• Polished and sand-blasted surfaces
• Surfaces with mirrored gloss
• Work ejectors and mold peripheries
• Inner and outer parts
• Selective rust removal
• Cleaning of oil films and separators
• Removing the residues of steamed coatings after the plating and painting process
• Stripping organic impurities from plastic and composite parts

As every technology, even laser cleaning has its limits. It is not possible to clean deep areas unreachable for laser beam, complicated shapes with impurities “behind the edge”, parts with isolation and rubber parts.