| Dry ice blasting, also known as CO2 blasting | | | | |
| is a non-invasive form of cleaning | | | | . Not being safe for electric equipments |
| technology. This method is safe and effective | | | | |
| enough to clean almost anything, starting | | | | Instead dry ice blasting has following |
| from a wooden base to any historical sights. | | | | benefits |
| Here, compressed air is used to blast frozen | | | | |
| CO2 pellets which ultimately cleans the | | | | . It is environment friendly as it is a |
| surface without leaving any sort of residue. | | | | non-abrasive, nonflammable and nonconductive |
| | | | cleaning method. |
| In this dry ice blasting process, dry ice or | | | | |
| CO2 pellets, which are of very small size are | | | | . In dry ice blasting, the equipments can be |
| shot out of a nozzle at breakneck speed on | | | | cleaned without moving them from their |
| the surface that needs to be cleaned. Due to | | | | designated places. |
| the high speed of the pellets, the moment | | | | |
| they come in contact to the surface, they | | | | . There are no secondary contaminants like |
| turn soft, sublimate and turn into gaseous | | | | solvents or grit media in dry ice blasting. |
| form without passing through the liquid | | | | |
| stage. | | | | . The active electrical or mechanical parts |
| | | | of the equipments remain safe during the |
| People are finding dry ice blasting as a more | | | | cleaning process. |
| powerful cleaning method because it does not | | | | |
| have the following drawbacks of traditional | | | | . Dry ice blasting can be used effectively to |
| cleaning systems. | | | | remove production residues, contaminants, |
| | | | paints, release agents and oil. |
| . the issue of disassembly and again | | | | |
| reassembly of equipments | | | | . It is even less expensive. |
| | | | |
| . lengthy procedure due to intensive hand | | | | Looking at all these benefits of dry ice |
| scrubbing | | | | blasting process, it becomes clear why |
| | | | companies are showing their faith in dry ice |
| . more man power is required to complete the | | | | blasting process. Most of the companies want |
| task of cleaning | | | | to minimize their industrial waste and there |
| | | | can no other better solution then dry ice |
| . the result is not up to the standard as | | | | blasting for reducing environmental waste, |
| total cleaning is not possible | | | | production downtime and plant maintenance |
| | | | concerns. |
| . Not being environmental friendly | | | | |