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Dry Ice Blasting Implications in the Industry

This very topic primarily focuses on thehazardous waste; expensive solvents;
industrial cleaning aspect which isadditional labor and personal protective
considered very important by maintenanceequipment is required.
departments. Today you need to keep allWhereas Dry Ice Blasting has the
your industrial machines andfollowing advantages:
applications in perfect order to• Equipment can be cleaned in
maximize the production capacity andplace; dry process; can clean while
also reducing the accidents occurringequipment is hot with no down-time.
due to poor maintenance. In order to• No additional contaminant; dry
keep your equipment and machines cleanice sublimates when contacting the
traditional cleaning methods such astargeted surface so only clean-up of the
sand blasting, solvents and highremoved contaminant is necessary.
pressure water blasting have been used.• Dramatically reduced labor -
But all these methods have become aoften completed in half the time or
thing of the past since modern fastbetter.
paced companies need quicker and more• No equipment damage; preventive
efficient ways to keep their equipmentmaintenance very realistic as labor
clean. A revolutionary new cleaninghours are significantly less.
process called Dry Ice Blasting uses• Standard safety precautions; dry
pellets of CO2 (dry ice). It isprocess - safe around electrical
primarily used for a variety ofequipment
applications to reduce downtime and• Minimal - cost of dry ice.
waste generation. The pellets sublimateThe Dry Ice Blasting process is
(convert directly from a solid blastaccentuated with the environmental
pellet to a vapor CO2) leaving nobenefits because companies today want to
residue.minimize their industrial waste. When
So what exactly is Dry Ice Blasting?all benefits of Dry Ice Blasting are
It is a process in which dry iceadded up Dry Ice Blasting is the perfect
particles are propelled to supersonicsolution to reduce environmental waste,
speed impacting and thus breaking freeproduction downtime and plant
the debris on a surface. The particlesmaintenance concerns.
are accelerated by compressed air justSome of the industries where Dry Ice
as with other blasting systems. TheBlasting is widely being used are:
micro-thermal shock (caused by the dryAerospace
ice temperature of -79º C), theHistorical Restoration
kinetic energy of dry ice pellets andAutomotive
the air pressure break the bond betweenMold Remediation
the coating and the substrate. It popsContract Cleaning
off the coating from inside out and thePackaging
air stream removes it from the surface.Electrical
Industries can utilize the CO2 blastingPlastics
method through equipment that fires theFire Restoration
pellets through a blasting gun. It isPower Generation
called instantaneous sublimation. UponFood and Beverage
impact the dry ice sublimatesPrinting
(vaporizes). When the dry ice impactsFoundry
the surface being cleaned it emitsRubber
ambient heat that causes the separationGeneral Maintenance
of dirt particles from the contaminatedWood
area and thus making the surface clean.The process is used in almost any type
The dry ice blasting is veryof industry that has equipment which
advantageous as compared to someregularly needs to be cleaned. It is
traditional methods. Some of the issuessafe to be used where there are smoke
that traditional cleaning systems faceparticles and residues of mold. Dry Ice
are listed below:Blasting for ink presses is a rapidly
• Disassembly/reassembly; dryingsought-after process for the printing
time required.industry. Build-up of ink causes
• Solvents become a secondaryproduction quality and safety concerns.
contaminant and must be disposed of.Dry Ice Blasting ink presses are
• Intensive hand scrubbing; lengthybeneficial because it takes away the
cleanings and follow-up cleaning-up canneed for manual labor, solvents and
be lengthy.down-time. It has certainly been a
• Poor to average results.revolution for not only the printing
• Grit abrasions; gritindustry but also almost all industries
contamination; movement of equipment tothat use equipment. Dry Ice Blasting is
and from cleaning areathe tried and true method against
• Health and environmental threatsobsolete cleaning technologies and is
from solvents; water-based cleaning posegaining in popularity with plant
hazards around electrical equipment.maintenance crews.
• Cleaning agent becomes additional



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