Company

SINCE MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS ASTER PROJECTS AND MANUFACTURES

 

MISSION STATEMENT

improving the relationship between man’s work and the environment 

  • constantly updating technical solutions

  • in conformity with the latest E.C. Regulations on HEALTH & SAFETY and ENVIRONMENT

 

WASHING MACHINES

 

Metal and plastic washing

Aster’s washing machines can be:

  • with a single washing chamber

  • with basket rotation on a horizontal or vertical axis

  • with forward-backward basket movement

  • with nozzles rotation

  • tunnel with mechanical parts transportation by:
    • conveyor
    • link
    • screw
    • specific supports
  • basket rotation – conveyor feed-advancement:
    • continuous
    • step by step

 

parts loading

  • automatic
  • manual

 

washing types 

  • spray

  • ultrasound

  • immersion

 

at our test department we can treat the client’s specimens with all the washing techniques

 

the washing machines and distillers can work with water and detergents or with solvents

water washer: rotating basket, rotating drum, step by step, tunnel, W Series

solvent washer: A Series, SA Series, ET Series, E Series

 

ROTOGRAVURE AND FLEXOGRAPHIC WASHERS

 

doctor blades, ink pans, shields, trolleys, pumps, barrels, drums, anilox and sleeve cylinders WASHING

rotogravure and flexografic presses washing

with dedicated trolleys and cycles using the same off line washing machine

to remove water based inks and solvent based inks: nitro-based inks, PVC-based inks, PVB-based inks

 

water washing machine: W Series

solvent washing machine: A Series, SA Series, ET Series, E Series

 

DISTILLERS

 

  • solvents and water solutions continuous distillation

  • automatic cycle

  • minimimum operator’s exposition and intervention:
    automatic dirty solvent loading, clean solvent delivery, waste discharge and distiller walls cleaning

 

the washing machines and distillers that use potentially flammable organic solvents, subjected to significant fire and explosion risks,
are manufactured in conformity with ATEX regulations and certified as a whole by a notified body as requested by European Directive 94/9/CE

classification ATEX II 2 G suitable for use in ZONE 1

 

solvent distiller: D Series

water distiller: DW Series

 

LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS

 

ASTER’s LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS allow to perform tests in conformity with the main international standards

 

  • CORROSION RESISTANCE TESTS IN SALT SPRAY FOG
  • WATER AND HUMIDITY RESISTANCE TESTS in form of
    • condensation
    • immersion
    • drops
    • rain
    • spraying
    • jets
  • DUST RESISTANCE TESTS

our production of laboratory chambers include:

  • spray fog chambers
  • rain spray chambers
  • humidity cabinets
  • immersion chambers

  • scoring test equipments
  • equipments for reproduction of pretreatment cycles

  • dust chambers water jets and powerful jets protection testing apparatus