The development of the new extruder plate from Asco Kohlensäure AGis the continuation of a technology that has already been used by Asco pelletizers in the past. The newly developed extruder plate enables the production of 1.7 mm dry ice micro pellets, which are used in particular for dry ice blasting. The 1.7 mm dry ice pellets complement the existing sizes of 3 mm, 10 mm and 16 mm. The new extruder plate can be used in the P15i, P28i and P55i dry ice pelletizers.
Focus on dry ice blasting
Despite the small size of the micropellets, it has been possible to limit the reduction in production capacity to just 7 - 29 %, depending on the respective pelletizer model. "The new 1.7 mm extruder plate makes it possible to produce finer micropellets that are particularly suitable for dry ice blasting without the need for shredding, which results in an optimum cleaning effect," says Alex Schmidt, Head of Product Management at Asco.