Dry Ice Blasting & Water Jetting
There is no need to continue dealing with the unavoidable mess associated with other types of media blasting.
Dry Ice Blasting and Water Jetting are clean alternatives to traditional media blasting for industrial painting and epoxy coatings.
Dry Ice Blasting
Dry Ice Blasting is a method of abrasive blasting that uses carbon dioxide in solid form instead of more conventional media such as sand, coal slag, or corn cob.
Dry Ice Blasting propels high density ice pellets at the substrate sublimating on impact, because dry ice pellets are relatively soft compared to other types of blasting there is little transfer of kinetic energy and abrasion to the substrate.
The cleaning process depends largely on the inherent qualities of the dry ice. When it comes into contact with the surface being blasting it absorbs large amounts of heat producing shear stresses due to thermal shock. The contaminant then easily flakes off as it is bombarded with additional pellets. Additionally, when the pellets sublimate the gas expands nearly 200 times the size of the pellets, this causes microscopic shock waves aiding in the cleaning process.
Uses:
Interior Substrates
Dry Ice Blasting is perfect for interior media blasting. In the case of peeling paint on a ceiling it only makes sense to use clean effective dry ice instead of coal slag or corn cob. Dry Ice Blasting is extremely effective at removing peeling or cracked coatings leaving no media behind to be removed.
Food Industry
Dry Ice Blasting is perfect for the food industry as it will decontaminate surfaces of Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes and is FDA approved.
Electrical Components
Most other forms of abrasive blasting are far too destructive for use in or around electrical components; because of the low level of kinetic energy transferred to the surface and the complete lack of moisture, Dry Ice Blasting is ideal for electrical components.
Delicate Substrates
In some cases the surface or substrate that needs to be cleaned cannot withstand abrasive blasting with the more destructive media; such as sensitive robotic components or fragile mechanical components. In these cases Dry Ice Blasting is a great alternative to safely and effectively clean the surface.
Water Jetting
Water Jetting is a great tool for cleaning and removing coatings, 40,000 PSI with a rotating lance will easily remove and epoxy coating from a steel structure without the mess and hassle of dry media.
The primary advantage for the customer is speed. With water jetting we will be able to complete the project and have your facility back in full production much faster than with traditional media blasting. Because of the inherent properties of water there will be zero dust while we are blasting, and once the water dries the only debris are those which we removed from your structure. On large projects this means your facility can be back in operation much faster because we will not have to slow down or stop our process in order to clean up blasting media.
Additionally, there is no media (coal slag, shot, and corn cob) to get in every nook it can find. Traditional media blasting is a lot like going to the beach; you are going to find sand everywhere for a long time after the project is complete (no matter how good the cleanup is by the contractor).
Recent Dry Ice Blasting & Water Jetting Projects
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