Dry ice blasting is environmentally friendly and used for cleaning factory and plant equipment.
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Solid CO2 or carbon dioxide pellets accelerated by a pressurized air stream is the basic explanation of what the blasting process is. This method is also known as CO2 blasting.
The printing press cleaning process used to be a very labor intense project. Presses were pulled out of production, sometimes for days at a time. People that ran the presses being cleaned were used to clean them. Often times even operators from other machines helped, slowing production even more. Equipment cleaning is not what it used to be, and that is a good thing.
Now machinery can often times be cleaned on line, running and in place. There is no need to mask off glass or polished metal surfaces. This method of cleaning is not abrasive. Electric motors can be cleaned while running. This is possible because carbon dioxide is non-conductive.Generator cleaning at overhaul time is now a breeze. With no abrasive blast media getting into critical areas, the frequency of changing out parts from excessive wear is minimized. Dry ice, passes directly from a solid to a gas, there is no liquid, nor is there water to cause corrosion and arcing in electrical panels and switches.
It has no secondary waste stream to cause increased disposal, transportation and handling expenses. No need to shut down to clean (not all cases). It is a value added equipment cleaning process.
Our cleaning system has changed the procedure for cleaning mold release buildup from roto-molds to a simple process in a fraction of the time it took to clean by conventional means.Using conventional methods, there are many man hours spent sand blasting, scrubbing with rags or abrasive pads and hazardous cleaning solvents to get the mold clean. Many hours of polishing are spent on smooth or previously polished surfaces. These have been damaged while getting the job done. Then there is the cleanup of the mess left behind.
Our blast does not damage metal surfaces, if the surface is polished under the contaminate, it will still be polished after the cleaning job is done.
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