• In what kind of applications has dry ice cleaning proven to be very effective?

    The advantages of cleaning in place and the evaporation of the blasting media makes dry ice cleaning very effective in following industries/applications:General Maintenance of Machines & Production Lines Automotive & Aerospace Industry Plastic and Foundry Industry Food Industry Others Do you want more information about dry ice cleaning? Contact us or go to our dry…

  • What happens to the contaminant while dry ice blasting?

    The contaminant can be solid, viscous or liquid (paint, carbon deposit, glue, grease, sugar, ink, dirt, …). Solid contaminant will be blown away during dry ice blasting and fall down close by. Viscous or liquid contaminant will loosen and pulled forward by the blasting air force. The operator can direct the contaminant in a certain…

  • How does dry ice blasting compare to other methods?

    The advantages of CRYONOMIC® dry ice blasting as compared to other blasting methods with sand or grid are:Time saving Powerful but less aggressive Environmentally friendly Do you want more information about dry ice blasting? Contact us or go to our page ‘dry ice process’.

  • What is dry ice?

    Dry ice is the solid form of CO2 with a temperature of -79°C. At atmospheric pressure dry ice sublimes directly from a solid back to gas. It is called “dry ice” as it does not contain water. Carbon dioxide (CO2) doesn’t exist as a liquid at room temperature and at atmospheric pressure. So dry ice doesn’t…

  • Dry ice blasting: how does it work?

    Dry ice cleaning is a blasting technique similar to sand blasting. The advantage of using solid CO2 or dry ice pellets as blasting material is twofold.Firstly the very low temperature of the dry ice pellets causes the contamination to freeze and contract resulting in the easy detachment of the contaminant from the base material.Secondly the…

  • What kinds of applications are not suited for dry ice cleaning?

    There are three categories of applications where dry ice cleaning is not the right technique: 1. The base material is too soft and can be damaged by the high impact of the pellets. Examples are soft wood and some softer plastics.  2. Thick coatings of very hard material that have a strong bond with the underground.…

  • What do I need to clean with dry ice?

    These are the required items you need for dry ice blasting:  If desirable, a production site of pellets consists of: Do you want more information about dry ice blasting? Contact us or go to our page ‘dry ice process’.

  • What is the economical benefit of dry ice cleaning?

    Do you want more information about dry ice blasting? Contact us or go to our page ‘dry ice process’.