Dry ice blasting is the superior alternative to Media Blasting, Solvents, Water, Steam, Hand
Cleaning, Chemicals and Abrasives
Top 10 Reasons Dry Ice Blasting is
superior:
1.Superior clean:fewer cleaning cycles = less downtime
2.Machines can be cleaned in place:dry ice blasting is a dry process and requires no disassemble/reassembly which means much less
downtime
3.Quicker clean:less resource = more runtime = more profits
4.Non-abrasive, nonflammable and nonconductive:dry ice blasting won't damage most substrates and can be used safely on electrical
components
5.No secondary waste cleanup:this not only saves additional cleanup labor and expense, but also means temporary containment
areas can possibly be reused - an additional cost savings
6.Can get into tight spaces that many other methods can not
7.Environmentally friendly:meets USDA, FDA and EPA guidelines
8.Operator safety:no exposure to chemicals or grit media
9.Operator efficiency:not as labor intensive as traditional cleaning methods
10.Clean enough for the food industry, strong enough for everything else
Cleaning Method
Secondary Waste
Electrically Conductive
Abrasive
Toxic
Effectiveness
Dry Ice
No
No
No
No
Excellent
Sand Blasting
Yes
No
Yes
*
Good
Soda Blasting
Yes
No
Yes
*
Good
Water Blasting
Yes
Yes
No
*
OK
Solvents/Chemicals
Yes
N/A
No
Yes
Limited
Power Tools
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
Limited
Hand Tools
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
Limited
* Upon contact, traditional blasting materials become contaminated when used to clean hazardous
substances and objects. These blasting materials are also then classified as toxic waste and
require appropriate safe disposal.
What is Dry Ice Blasting?
Dry ice blasting is similar to sand blasting, plastic bead blasting, or soda blasting where a
medium is accelerated in a pressurized air stream to impact a surface to be cleaned or prepared. But that's
where the similarity ends.
Instead of using hard abrasive media to grind on a surface (and damage it), dry ice blasting uses
soft dry ice, accelerated at supersonic speeds, and creates mini-explosions on the surface to lift the
undesirable item off the underlying substrate.
Dry ice blasting has many unique and superior benefits over traditional blasting
media.
Dry ice blasting:
·is a non-abrasive, nonflammable and nonconductive cleaning method
·is environmentally-friendly and contains no secondary contaminants such as solvents or grit
media
·is clean and approved for use in the food industry
·allows most items to be cleaned in place without time-consuming disassembly
·can be used without damaging active electrical or mechanical parts or creating fire
hazards
·can be used to remove production residues, release agents, contaminants, paints, oils and
biofilms
·can be as gentle as dusting smoke damage from books or as aggressive as removing weld slag from
tooling
·can be used for many general cleaning applications
Dry ice blasting uses compressed air to accelerate frozen carbon dioxide (CO2) "dry ice" pellets to
a high velocity. A compressed air supply of 80 PSI/50 scfm can be used in this process. Dry ice pellets can
be made on-site or supplied. Pellets are made from food grade carbon dioxide that has been specifically
approved by the FDA, the EPA and the USDA.
Carbon dioxide is a non-poisonous, liquefied gas, which is both inexpensive and easily stored at
work sites.