Dry Ice Blast Cleaning
Dry Ice Blast Cleaning, which is also known as CO2 Blast Cleaning, offers significant advantages over sand blasting, soda blasting and power washing. It reduces cleanup because no residual H2O, sand or soda run off exists. Dry ice blast cleaning is environmentally safe as carbon dioxide (CO2) is found naturally in the Earth’s atmosphere. All the dry ice we use is made from captured CO2 in the atmosphere. Therefore, the CO2 we use is recycled. Dry ice blasting is EPA, USDA and FDA approved. In cases of HAZMAT cleanup, disposal costs are significantly reduced because only the removed material needs to be mitigated and not the additional contaminated effluent, sand or soda particles left behind by other cleaning processes. The dry ice blast cleaning process is non-conductive so it can be used on industrial machinery of all types. The best part is that dry ice blasting removes the contaminants that need to be cleaned while leaving the substrate unscathed.
How it Works: Powered by compressed air, the system blasts dry ice pellets (CO2) over the surface to be cleaned. The hard pellets remove the material through sublimation – the transition of the solid CO2 particle to gas. The operator can guide the blast over focused areas or use a wider spray nozzle for more general coverage. As the dry ice pellets hit the surface to be cleaned, the pellets evaporate harmlessly into the atmosphere, reducing clean up associated with conventional sand or soda blasting or power washing. To see our dry ice blasting process in action on YouTube click here or click on a link to the left to see any of our blasting videos.
Where it Works: Dry Ice Blasting can be used on a variety of surfaces. For more information and before and after photographs, please select a teal link below.
- Electrical Motors (e.g. coils and brushes)
- Turbines and Generators
- Industrial Machinery
- Printing Presses
- Injection molds including screws and machines
- Food processing equipment, including commercial ovens
- Facility maintenance
- Restoration work
- Construction clean up
- Fire damage including smoke and soot residue
- Mold, spore, and mildew removal
- Weld lines
- Paint preparation including stripping layers of paint
- Graffiti removal
- Stains including oil, grease, tar, grime, and adhesives
The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. is now offering Cold Jet dry ice blasting equipment throughout the New England region for your cleaning and surface removal needs. Contact us at 508 757-2300 to learn more. We will be launching a new website shortly at Coldjetne.com, stay tuned.
We have completed many dry ice blasting projects in the New England region, most involving industrial machinery. We currently offer our dry ice blasting service throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and parts of New York. This allows us to serve major cities including Boston, Hartford, Worcester, Providence, Portland, Manchester, Concord and Springfield. Dry ice blast cleaning is a cost-effective and quick way to clean power generation equipment and printing presses. Other applications that we have had successful results with are cleaning fire and smoke damage, removing mold, and historic restorations.
We offer competitive pricing and speedy cleanup for your dry ice blasting needs.
Call 508 757-2300 today to learn more, or email us at info@nitrofreeze.com.
