| Glacier Blast Inc. offers industrial cleaning by dry ice | | | | fees and transportation costs. It leaves water and |
| blasting to the state of Minnesota. | | | | soda behind, if not properly removed will cause |
| What is industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting? | | | | unwanted corrosion and rot, increasing damage and |
| Dry ice blasting is the use of solid CO2 (carbon | | | | long term maintenance costs. |
| dioxide) pellets accelerated by compressed air to | | | | Sand blasting leaves behind a secondary waste |
| clean or strip industrial equipment, machinery, tanks, | | | | stream which in many cases increases the volume of |
| facilities etc. of unwanted contaminates. Dry ice | | | | hazardous waste and is subject to costly disposal |
| pellets impact the surface and expand instantly into a | | | | fees and transportation costs. It leaves behind an |
| gaseous state hundreds of times greater than their | | | | abrasive blast media which if not cleaned up properly |
| original solid volume, creating tiny explosions on the | | | | continues to cause damage in electrical components, |
| surface being cleaned. The tiny explosions, velocity | | | | gears, bearings etc. It continues to fall from horizontal |
| and impact of the dry ice pellets (kinetic energy) and | | | | surfaces, cracks and beams years after the job is |
| thermal shock (dry ice is -109 F) are the forces that | | | | done, increasing cleanup, damage and long term |
| remove the unwanted contaminates. | | | | maintenance costs. |
| What are the disadvantages of conventional industrial | | | | What are the advantages of industrial cleaning by dry |
| cleaning methods? | | | | ice blasting? |
| Cleaning chemicals and solutions pose environmental | | | | Dry ice blasting is the ultimate industrial cleaning |
| hazards to employees and the environment. When | | | | process, it leaves no secondary waste stream, no |
| used they leave behind a secondary waste stream, | | | | abrasive blast media, no water, no corrosive cleaning |
| rags, absorbent pads, used solution and/or chemicals | | | | solutions or chemicals to get into critical areas. Dry ice |
| etc., which in many cases increases the volume of | | | | blasting has no negative long term effect on |
| hazardous waste and is subject to costly disposal | | | | maintenance. Dry ice blasting minimizes disposal fees |
| fees and transportation costs. If the chemicals and/or | | | | and transportation costs. |
| solutions are not properly cleaned up they can cause | | | | Dry ice blasting is safe and environmentally friendly. |
| unwanted corrosion and rot, increasing damage and | | | | Dry ice passes from a solid state to a gaseous state, |
| long term maintenance costs. | | | | it has no liquid state. Dry ice is pure CO2 in its solid |
| High pressure water blasting leaves behind a | | | | state, it is in a gaseous state in the air around us. |
| secondary waste stream which in many cases | | | | When we inhale our bodies use the oxygen and we |
| increases the volume of hazardous waste and is | | | | exhale CO2. Green plants take CO2 from the air and |
| subject to costly disposal fees and transportation | | | | give off oxygen. |
| costs. Water gets left in electrical components, | | | | Dry ice blasting is non-toxic, non-conductive, |
| equipment and machinery. If the water is not | | | | non-corrosive and there is no employee exposure to |
| properly removed it will cause unwanted corrosion | | | | hazardous cleaning chemicals or solutions. Dry ice |
| and rot, increasing damage and long term | | | | blasting sterilizes as it cleans, dry ice is -109 F, the |
| maintenance costs. | | | | extreme temperature kills germs and bacteria. Dry ice |
| Soda blasting leaves behind a secondary waste | | | | blasting meets the guidelines of the USDA, EPA, and |
| stream which in many cases increases the volume of | | | | the FDA. |
| hazardous waste and is subject to costly disposal | | | | |