EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DRY ICE

Dry ice is an essential substance required for preserving items where mechanical cooling is unavailable. But with time, the use of dry ice has been introduced in a myriad of other applications from food industry to hospitals and manufacturing units to aerospace. The use of dry ice has become an essential need in one way or the other.

Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide. It is used primarily as a cooling agent. Its advantages include lower temperature than that of water ice and not leaving anyresidue. Dry Ice blasting machines are a versatile range of products enabling users to cover all possible dry ice blasting applications - from the simplest to the most sophisticated tasks.

Dry Ice Blasting

Dry Ice blasting works in a very similar way with other blasting techniques except it is totally dry. The dry ice goes directly from a solid to a gas. It cleans in a slightly different way in that the extreme temperate of dry ice at around -109F shrinks the debris that needs be cleaned, causing it to lose adhesion the surface it is on. The dry ice then expands about 500 times its size and helps to blow the debris off. It is great for cleaning live electrical items or items that require complete dryness.

Different applications of Dry Ice blasting are:

1) Aerospace: Dry Ice Blasting is used in aircraft and aerospace industries for cleaning burnt carbondeposits, engine exhausts, wheel wells and adhesives from floor panels of aircraft. Cleaning aircraft cargo bays with Dry Ice Blasting is fast and efficient.

2) Automotive Industry: Almost all major tires manufacturing plant cleans their moulds while they are hot and in place using Dry Ice Blasting. Dry Ice Blasting instantly eliminates wear on the molds and there is no need for scraping with other tools. Flashing can also be removedusing Dry Ice Blasting.

3) Construction/materials, Building: Used for cleaning surfaces, glass and other panels.

4) Chemical Industry: Primarily used to remove corrosive agents.5) Power engineering: Dry Ice Blasting is the most effective, safest and

cleanest way of cleaning power generation equipment. From small electric motors too power stations, all can be cleaned without the use of chemicals.

6) Food Industry: Dry ice is an excellent freezing agent when it comes to freeze things without mechanical freezer. It helps keep beverages, ice cream and frozen food their freshness and quality intact

7) Plastic mold maintenance: Dry ice keeps plastic molds clean and working as many healthcare product molds cannot be cleaned with chemicals.

8) Cryogenic blasting: Cryogenic cleaning technology helps clean substances that require absolute dryness and non-chemical based cleaning and maintenance.