Uncured Polyurethane

Polyurethane, PU, Urethane (amongst other names) was first made back in 1937 by Otto Bayer. It is a polymer that was created to have many advantages over existing plastics. It is a mixture of Isocyanates and polyols to create many different chemical structures for many different applications.

Whilst these components remain wet and uncured they are extremely sticky and resilient to standard cleaning products, in fact the use of a water based product will only accelerate the curing and make it harder to clean.

In machinery where you need the PU to be wet and in a liquid form to pump through hoses and tubes to either dispense together in a mixing head prior to pouring, you cannot afford for these materials or residues of these materials to harden.

If these wet mixtures are effectively flushed and removed from pipes and mixing heads quickly and effectively then the production process runs quickly and smoothly, if not there are breakdowns and blockages that are very expensive and time consuming to clear.

At Bio8 Industrial Ltd we have developed a combination of products to remove uncured polyurethane which are Non-Hazardous and extremely effective.

It does not evaporate like standard flushing chemicals and 100% of it’s energy and activity is purely focussed on cleaning. It quickly and effectively dissolves the wet sticky PU mixture, removing its ability to cure into a harden state and bind to tubes and mixing heads and dispensers, and helps flush the waste PU mixture through the head and pipes.

For more information about our revolutionary Non-Hazardous PU Flushing agent please see the link below to EN720 Non Hazardous PU Flushing Agent.