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30 Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2016
Industrynews
LONG-TIME Davis-Standard customer Maxi-Blast Inc
installed six Davis-Standard Thermatic ® extruders at its new
40,000ft 2 facility in St Petersburg, Florida, USA.
This is the latest extruder addition for Maxi-Blast, whose
chairman and CEO Robert Donaldson has been purchasing
Davis-Standard extruders since founding the company in
1981. Maxi-Blast supplies both cleaning/deflashing
equipment and blasting media to support customers in the
construction, electrical, rubber and automotive industries.
The Davis-Standard extruders process nylon and
polycarbonate pellets used in the company’s proprietary line of
cabinets for cleaning screws and moulds and deflashing parts.
Davis-Standard’s extruder and feedscrew technology has
been instrumental in Maxi-Blast’s quest to make the perfect
pellet for their process. Pellets are manufactured in a variety
of sizes, shapes, colours and formulations depending on
application.
Pellet geometry is especially important when the material is
used as blasting medium so it doesn’t damage the part.
Maxi-Blast technology is not only used to clean screws and
moulds, but is capable of deflashing rubber, phenolic and
die-cast metal parts.
Davis-Standard – USA Website :
Davis-Standard extruders hit the mark again
❍ Robert Donaldson with a Thermatic extruder