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Dry Ice Blasting & Cleaning

Dry ice blasting can be used in place of traditional sand blasting as well as high pressure water blasting in most cases. Dry ice blasting is an effective and cost effective, maximizing production capability and high quality. Blasting is used to manage production residues, and contaminants. Dry ice blasting has been used with success in stripping plants, oils, and biofilms, as well as numerous general cleaning applications.

Dry ice blasting is a form of abrasive blasting, where dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide, is accelerated in a pressurized air stream and directed at a surface in order to clean it. The method is similar to other forms of abrasive blasting such as sand blasting, plastic bead blasting, or soda blasting but substitutes dry ice as the blasting medium. Dry ice blasting leaves no chemical residue as dry ice sublimates at room temperature.

• Dry ice blasting processes are non-abrasive, non-flammable, and non-conductive, allowing uses in the electrical industry, as well as on mechanical parts without any fire hazard.
• Dry ice cleaning has been approved by the EPA, FDA, and USDA as an acceptable cleaning method
• Dry ice cleaning method is safe to use with food processing equipment.
• Dry ice blast cleaning does not release harmful gases into the atmosphere.
• Dry ice blast cleaning does not generate secondary waste as it dissipates on contact.
• Dry ice blast cleaning is safe and non-toxic.
• Dry ice blasting reduces or eliminates employee exposure to (and your companies liability from) the use of dangerous chemical cleaning agents.

Dry ice blast cleaning is quickly establishing itself as a favored method of cleaning in mold remediation (mold removal) and is superior to cleaning mold compared to traditional labor-intensive techniques such as sanders, scrapers and wire brushes. The dry ice process cleans as thoroughly or more so and in dramatically less time. Also, compared to soda blasting, dry ice blast cleaning is as fast and creates far less mess.

Dry ice blasting can also be used to clean food processing equipment to effectively decontaminate surfaces of Salmonella enteritidis, E.coli, and Listeria monocytogenes such that these microorganisms are not detectable using conventional microbiological methods. It may also be used to clean some equipment without disassembly and without producing fire or electrical hazards. The EPA recommends dry ice blasting as an alternative to many types of solvent-based cleaning. Dry ice blasting can clean numerous objects with differing, complex geometries at once.

Though not toxic, carbon dioxide can displace oxygen resulting in asphyxia if equipment is not used in a ventilated area. In addition, because carbon dioxide is heavier than air, exhaust vents are required to be at or near ground level to efficiently remove the gas. At normal pressure dry ice is −78 °C (−108.4 °F) and must be handled with insulated gloves. Eye and ear protection are required to safely use dry ice cleaning equipment. Compared to other blasting-cleaning methods, dry ice blasting produces fewer waste products and does not require clean-up of a blasting medium.

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