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Environmentally Safe Dry Ice Blasting

Dry ice blasting is environmentally safe for numerous industrial applications including: Wine and Beverage Processing, Food Industry, Printing Industry, Marine and Boating, Maintenance and Restoration.


Dry Ice and the Printing Industry

Dry ice blast cleaning has proven itself extremely useful, effectively removing dry ink build-up from: Gears, Deck Guides, Side Frames, Gripper Bars, Roller and Roller Cups, and Sensitive Electrical Components. Ink build-up, which causes poor alignment and results in low print quality, requires time-consuming plate mounting adjustments and wasted material in press runs. Costly disassembly, solvent cleaning, reassembly and readjustment can add up to days/weeks of printing down time resulting in loss of time and capital. CryoClean's dry ice blasting is an on-line cleaning process. Most cleaning can be completed in a couple of days without the use of toxic solvents, hazardous waste material and worker exposure. The cost of cleaning with dry ice is far outweighed by the economics of alternative service and down time.





Dry Ice and the Food Industry

Within the food industry sanitation and cleanliness are a major concern. Food and carbon build-up can inhibit the performance and health standards of costly equipment. Dry ice blasting can replace some processes using water, detergents, and sanitizers. Solid CO2 sublimates directly to vapor without a liquid phase (and is also a sanitizing agent), surface moisture and bacterial regrowth will effectively be eliminated up to 75%. Dry ice has proven itself to destroy a significant biofilm build-up of listeria and salmonella and has been approved by FDA and USDA safety standards. CryoClean provides on-line cleaning of processing equipment such as: Mixers, Waffle Irons, Molds, Ovens, Filters, Dough Forming Fixtures, Conveyors, Etc.


Dry Ice and Wine & Beverage Processing

Dry ice blast cleaning is experiencing rapid growth in many applications of wine and beverage processing. Presses, press plates, and augers can effectively be cleaned of crystals, salts, and build-up without damage to the tolerances of machine parts or their integrity. Poor methods of scraping and chiseling on stubborn deposits may leave surface imperfections in which bacterial matter can grow. Dry ice is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless gas leaving no residue and a sanitized surface without side effects.

CryoClean's process is applicable when removal of film or build-up (grease, dust, dirt) is required in on-line or clean room applications. When cleaning maintenance equipment, no secondary waste (grit) is generated to jam gears, rollers, hydraulic rams, or contaminate sensitive beverage areas with fall-out.

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Dry Ice in Maintenance & Restoration

Dry ice will clean splatter on cement and asphalt equipment with little damage to their painted surfaces. The life of engines, electrical panels and hydraulic systems are significantly extended with this non-destructive method. CryoClean can successfully remove gum from carpeting (i.e. movie theatres), graffiti from buildings and equipment without damage in most cases. In post fire situations, buildings and equipment can be seriously damaged by soot, smoke and fire extinguishing materials and the formation of rust/oxidation in a short period of time. We can carefully remove residues of burn damage and even associated smells.


Dry Ice in Marine & Boating

Sensitive areas such as ship hulls made of aluminum and fiberglass can be cleaned without damage to their gel coat. Water intake valves, engines, electrical panels, tanks, and exhaust systems will perform longer with maintained cleaning. Because CO2 sanitizes the surface as it is being cleaned, reattachment of marine growth (algae, mussels, etc.) is further reduced as compared to water blasting. Often necessary on marine vessels and equipment is the need for removal of anti-foul coatings. Sandblasting, chemical strippers, pressure washing, and time consuming grinding and sanding may have damaging effects to the gel coat. Replacement of gel coat will be necessary and costly. Dry ice blasting will remove anti-foul coatings without damage while simultaneously drying water out of gel coat/fiberglass pits. Once removed, the toxic anti-foul coating can be swept or vacummed up and removed from the site as toxic waste.


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