Claims
- 1. A method for cleaning the interior of a molding machine having a residual thermoplastic resin after molding, comprising the step of cleaning the interior of a molding machine with a cleaning composition which comprises:
- (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin;
- (B) 2 to 100 parts by weight of a polyalkylene oxide glycol having a viscosity-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 1,500,000; and
- (C) 0.5 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the foregoing components (A) and (B), of at least one of an alkylsulfate represented by the following general formula (I):
- R.sub.1 --O--SO.sub.3 M (I)
- wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms and M represents an ion selected from the group consisting of K, Na and NH.sub.4 and a fatty acid salt represented by the following general formula (II):
- R.sub.2 COOX (II)
- wherein R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group having 7 to 23 carbon atoms and X represents an ion selected from the group consisting of K, Na, Ca, Mg and Zn.
- 2. The method of claim 1 which comprises cleaning the interior of the molding machine at a temperature for plasticizing the cleaning composition while rotating a screw of the machine to discharge the residual thermoplastic resin remaining in the machine through an outlet port of the machine.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein after the cleaning of the interior of the molding machine with the cleaning composition, the cleaning composition is discharged through an outlet port of the machine by rotating a screw of the machine.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein after molding components (B) and (C) are added to the thermoplastic resin remaining in the molding machine to prepare a cleaning composition in situ.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein a cleaning composition is prepared by adding components (B) and (C) to a thermoplastic resin used in the subsequent molding operation and the resulting cleaning composition is supplied to the molding machine to clean the machine.
- 6. A cleaning composition for cleaning the interior of a molding machine in which a resin remains after molding operation comprising:
- (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin;
- (B) 2 to 100 parts by weight of a polyalkylene oxide glycol having a viscosity-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 1,500,000; and
- (C) 0.5 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the foregoing components (A) and (B), of at least one of an alkylsulfate represented by the following general formula (I):
- R.sub.1 --O--SO.sub.3 M (I)
- wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms and M represents an ion selected from the group consisting of K, Na and NH.sub.4 and a fatty acid salt represented by the following general formula (II):
- R.sub.2 COOX (II)
- wherein R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group having 7 to 23 carbon atoms and X represents an ion selected from the group consisting of K, Na, Ca, Mg and Zn.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/872,706, filed Dec. 24, 1991, now abandoned.
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