| What is Dry Ice Blasting? | | | | completelyeliminating the need of shutdowns for |
| Dry ice blasting is: | | | | cleaning. Less downtime equals greaterproduction |
| - the use of solid CO2 (carbon dioxide) pellets | | | | time. |
| accelerated by compressed air to clean orstrip | | | | - safe and environmentally friendly. Dry ice is pure |
| industrial equipment, machinery, facilities etc. of | | | | CO2 in its solid state, it is in itsgaseous state in the |
| unwanted contaminates. Dry icepellets impact the | | | | air around us. When we inhale our bodies use the |
| surface and expand instantly into a gaseous state | | | | oxygen and weexhale CO2. Green plants take CO2 |
| hundreds of timesgreater than their original solid | | | | from the air and give off oxygen. |
| volume, creating miniature explosions on the | | | | - non-toxic, non-conductive and there is no employee |
| surfacebeing cleaned. Dry ice is -109 F, this | | | | exposure to hazardous cleaningchemicals or solutions. |
| temperature sterilizes and the thermal shock aidsin | | | | Dry ice blasting meets the guidelines of the USDA, |
| removing many materials. | | | | EPA, andthe FDA. |
| - controlled by adjusting the air pressure and the | | | | - beneficial in reducing disposal costs. Conventional |
| volume of pellets used. In so doingheavy layers of | | | | methods for industrial cleaningleave behind a |
| coatings, paint, resins, mold, plastic, carbon build up, | | | | secondary waste stream, such as cleaning solvents, |
| adhesives etc. areeasily removed. On the delicate side | | | | blast media, rags,absorbent pads etc. often |
| a deflector plate at the end of the nozzle causesthe | | | | contaminated with hazardous chemicals or materials |
| pellets to change to powder on impact, allowing the | | | | whichrequire special handling and are subject to costly |
| cleaning of even circuit boards. | | | | disposal fees. This process leavesno secondary |
| - a huge benefit in protecting investments. No longer | | | | waste stream. |
| is there a need to use abrasivemedia blasting, rotary | | | | - a proven cleaning application for turbine engines, |
| sanding discs, abrasive pads, scrapers etc. which | | | | power generating plants, foodprocessing plants, tape |
| remove metaland cause expensive tooling repair. If | | | | and adhesive manufacturing equipment, foundry |
| the surface was originally polished, it will still | | | | toolingand molds, plastic industry molds and injection |
| bepolished after the dry ice blasting job is done. Dry | | | | screws, printing presses, medicalmanufacturing |
| ice blasting removes no metal,extending equipment | | | | facilities and equipment, papermills, water damage, |
| and tooling life. | | | | fire and smokedamage, bakery ovens, OSB presses, |
| - not abrasive, therefore masking of glass, bearings, | | | | plywood mills, impregnator tanks, resin andadhesive |
| moving metal parts etc. is notrequired. Many types of | | | | storage tanks, concrete and masonry surfaces, |
| machines can now be cleaned in place and on line, | | | | wood renewal, moldremediation etc. |