Dry Ice Blasting Is The Ultimate Industrial Cleaning Process!

Including our home state of Minnesota, Glacier Blast Inc. will consider no industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting job too small in any area of Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.  

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Dry ice blasting:

- is the use of solid CO2 (carbon dioxide) pellets accelerated by compressed air to clean or strip industrial equipment, machinery, facilities etc. of unwanted contaminates. Dry ice blasting pellets impact the surface and expand instantly into a gaseous state hundreds of times greater than their original solid volume, creating miniature explosions in the cleaning process. Solid CO2 is -109 F, this thermal shock aids in removing many materials.

- is controlled by adjusting the air pressure and the volume of pellets used. In so doing heavy layers of coatings, paint, resins, mold, plastic, carbon build up, adhesives etc. are easily removed. On the delicate side a deflector plate at the end of the dry ice blasting nozzle causes the pellets to change to powder on impact, allowing the cleaning of residue from circuit boards.

- is a huge benefit in protecting industrial investments. No longer is there a need to use abrasive blast media, rotary sanding discs, abrasive pads, scrapers etc. which remove metal and cause expensive tooling repair. If the surface was originally polished, it will still be polished after the industrial cleaning job is done. Dry ice blasting removes no metal, extending equipment and tooling life.

- is not abrasive, therefore masking of glass, bearings, moving metal parts etc. is not required. The cleaning of industrial machines can now be done by dry ice blasting in place and on line, completely eliminating the need for shutting down industrial equipment for cleaning. Less downtime equals greater production time.

- is safe and environmentally friendly. CO2 is in its gaseous state in the air around us. When we inhale our bodies use the oxygen and we exhale CO2. Green plants take CO2 from the air and give off oxygen. Industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting is not harmful to the environment.

- is non-toxic, non-conductive and there is no employee exposure to hazardous chemicals or solutions. Industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting meets the guidelines of the USDA, EPA, and the FDA.

- is beneficial in reducing disposal costs. Conventional methods for industrial cleaning leave behind a secondary waste stream, such as solvents, blast media, water, rags, absorbent pads etc. often contaminated with hazardous chemicals or materials which require special handling and are subject to costly disposal fees. Dry ice blasting leaves behind no secondary waste stream.