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