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Applications of Dry Ice Blast Cleaning

Adhesives
Adhesives are easily removed in comparison to alternative methods as the lowered temperature serves to weaken the adhesive bond. Many companies are blast cleaning old labels off containers that are being re-used. Abrasive methods often generate heat therefore failing with some adhesive removal. Simple glue over-runs left on a conveyor belt can be dry ice blast cleaned while the conveyor belt is running.

Cleaning Printing Presses
Because of the precision nature of printing, it is important to keep certain parts and components continually free of foreign material for efficient operation and maintaining presses at their highest value. Owners must establish periodic cleaning and maintenance schedules of all printing machines to cut maintenance costs and provide faster setups and fewer re-run's. In a recent case, a printing facility was charged with an astronomical troubleshooting bill only to find out that the cause of the 'doubling' was due to clogged gripper pads. Just putting a CO2 blast cleaning machine in inexperienced hands may not be the best. Printing machinery is very complex, compared to most industrial machinery, and there are many parts that can be compromised through careless and negligent blasting. Therefore, a properly trained crew of CO2 blast cleaners will make the world of difference in the overall integrity of printing production. If your local dry ice blast cleaning services are not familiar with printing presses, consider Greeneservices with combined experiences of cleaning over 1000 printing units.

Tool Die's Used in Manufacturing
Dry Ice Blast Cleaning is the best method for cleaning dies. The softness of the dry ice will maintain the critical tolerances of the dies better than any other cleaning method.

Fire remediation
Dry Ice cleaning is extremely effective in removing toxic residues, soot, and associated smells after a fire. Independent dry ice blasters often work with major insurance companies over a large geographic area to quickly clean fire and smoke damaged locations.

Food and Hospital Use
Dry Ice cleaning of the surface of products and instruments is not toxic and will stop the growth of mold, mildew and other fungi as well as stopping odors at the source by elimination of the bacterial host environment, not as a masking agent or cover-up. Dry Ice cleaning is 100% ecologically safe, USDA rated, biodegradable and harmless to humans, animals and marine life.

Mold Removal
Dry Ice Blast Cleaning has been proved highly successful with mold removal because of the speed the spray of pellets can wipe a surface clean. Many hours of time are saved. Not only is the mold removed but the top layer of wood that has the roots of the mold are removed. This will leave clean mold free wood. One of the nation wide certified expert companies is: Certified Bio Services

Electrical Motors
Electrical motors windings can be best cleaned in place by dry ice blast cleaning. This process is done without any moisture and results in saving hours of time for drying. The cold of the dry ice breaks the bond of the contaminate faster than solvents or steam blasting. Only the contaminant needs to be disposed of as the dry ice evaporates into the air. One company that specializes in this process is Cryosonic - USA.

Live Electrical Energized Switch Gear Cleaning
Wickens, Ontario, Canada. offers utility companies the ability to clean their energized high voltage distribution systems with CO₂ dry ice blast cleaning. This is a process that can be safely used on energized apparatus, avoiding costly switching procedures and associated customer power outages. Wickens works with voltages up to 28 kV, cleaning air insulated live-front switchgear cabinets, pad mounted transformers, transformer rooms, and vaults.

For additional information see: Wickens, Ontario, Canada.

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Last Revised: 10/01/07

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