| Glacier Blast Inc. offers industrial cleaning by dry ice | | | | fees and transportation costs. It leaves water and |
| blasting to the state of Iowa. | | | | soda behind, if not properly removed will cause |
| What is industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting? | | | | unwanted corrosion and rot, increasing damage, |
| Dry ice blasting is the use of solid CO2 (carbon | | | | industrial cleaning and long term maintenance costs. |
| dioxide) pellets accelerated by compressed air to | | | | Sand blasting leaves behind a secondary waste |
| clean or strip industrial equipment, machinery, tanks, | | | | stream which in many cases increases the volume of |
| facilities etc. of unwanted contaminates. Dry ice pellets | | | | hazardous waste and is subject to costly disposal |
| impact the surface and expand instantly into a | | | | fees and transportation costs. It leaves behind an |
| gaseous state hundreds of times greater than their | | | | abrasive blast media which if not cleaned up properly |
| original solid volume, creating tiny explosions on the | | | | continues to cause damage in electrical components, |
| surface being cleaned. The tiny explosions, velocity | | | | gears, bearings etc. It continues to fall from horizontal |
| and impact of the dry ice pellets (kinetic energy) and | | | | surfaces, cracks and beams years after the job is |
| thermal shock (dry ice is -109 F) are the forces that | | | | done, increasing industrial cleaning, damage and long |
| remove the unwanted contaminates. | | | | term maintenance costs. |
| What are the disadvantages of conventional industrial | | | | What are the advantages of industrial cleaning by dry |
| cleaning methods? | | | | ice blasting? |
| Cleaning chemicals and solutions pose environmental | | | | Dry ice blasting is the ultimate industrial cleaning |
| hazards to employees and the environment. When | | | | process, it leaves no secondary waste stream, no |
| used they leave behind a secondary waste stream, | | | | abrasive blast media, no water, no corrosive cleaning |
| rags, absorbent pads, used solution and/or chemicals | | | | solutions or chemicals to get into critical areas. Dry ice |
| etc., which in many cases increases the volume of | | | | blasting has no negative long term effect on |
| hazardous waste and is subject to costly disposal | | | | maintenance. Dry ice blasting minimizes industrial |
| fees and transportation costs. If the chemicals and/or | | | | cleaning expense, disposal fees and transportation |
| solutions are not properly cleaned up they can cause | | | | costs. |
| unwanted corrosion and rot, increasing damage, | | | | Industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting is safe and |
| industrial cleaning and long term maintenance costs. | | | | environmentally friendly. Dry ice passes from a solid |
| High pressure water blasting leaves behind a | | | | state to a gaseous state, it has no liquid state. Dry ice |
| secondary waste stream which in many cases | | | | is pure CO2 in its solid state, it is in a gaseous state in |
| increases the volume of hazardous waste and is | | | | the air around us. When we inhale our bodies use the |
| subject to costly disposal fees and transportation | | | | oxygen and we exhale CO2. Green plants take CO2 |
| costs. Water gets left in electrical components, | | | | from the air and give off oxygen. |
| equipment and machinery. If the water is not properly | | | | Dry ice blasting is non-toxic, non-conductive, |
| removed it will cause unwanted corrosion and rot, | | | | non-corrosive and there is no employee exposure to |
| increasing damage, industrial cleaning and long term | | | | hazardous cleaning chemicals or solutions. Dry ice |
| maintenance costs. | | | | blasting sterilizes as it cleans, dry ice is -109 F, the |
| Soda blasting leaves behind a secondary waste | | | | extreme temperature kills germs and bacteria. Dry ice |
| stream which in many cases increases the volume of | | | | blasting meets the guidelines of the USDA, EPA, and |
| hazardous waste and is subject to costly disposal | | | | the FDA. |