Applications

An Alternative Industrial Cleaning Process for the Most Challenging Applications

Take Advantage Of The Benefits

Countless companies from the diverse industrial and manufacturing sectors can take advantage of the benefits that come with using dry ice blasting as an alternative to traditional grit blast processes. As a process that incurs no secondary waste stream, dry ice blasting is quickly becoming a standard in quality maintenance.

New industries are continually joining the switch to this viable cleaning solution. Used for restoration and for maintaining equipment, dry ice blasting is the most effective cleaning solution for improving production goals.

If you have not considered dry ice blasting, it is time you do. Minnesota Dry Ice Blasting is here to help you make the switch to a cleaner, easier, and safer way to meet your cleaning requirements.

Industries and Applications Served:

  • Automotive
  • Agricultural - Silo and Grain Storage
  • Aircraft and Aerospace
  • Contract Cleaning – Boats, Facility Walls and Ceilings, Graffiti Removal, Freight Containers
  • Ethanol Plants
  • Electrical Equipment and Robotics
  • Fire Damage Restoration
  • Food and Beverage Processing
  • Foundry
  • General Manufacturing
  • Historical Restoration
  • Medical and Pharmaceutical
  • Mold Remediation
  • Oil Spill Cleanup and Decontamination
  • Packaging Facilities
  • Plastics and Injection Molding
  • Powder Coating
  • Power Generation
  • Printing
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Rubber Mold Manufacturers
  • Sanitation Plants
  • Storage Tanks

Industry Specific Solutions

Here are just a few well-known industries currently using dry ice blasting for a more powerful, non-abrasive clean with no secondary waste.

A forge with molten metal being used to create products.

Foundry

As foundries cast metals, dry ice blasting cuts their permanent mold and corebox cleaning up to 60 percent. It also:

  • Eliminates the problems associated with mold coating removal
  • Eliminates the teardown/setup process associated with cooling and reheating to proper operating temperatures
  • Eliminates the need to remove and disassemble a tool from the press
  • Eliminates damages to critical tooling due to abrasive blast media and/or manual scraping
  • Eliminates the need to replace corebox vents
A beverage bottling plant recently cleaned with dry ice blasting.

Food Processing

Food packaging and processing corporations attest that dry ice blasting provides a safe and non-contaminating method for critical production cleaning.

  • Reduce overall cleaning time
  • Eliminate product waste after cleaning
  • Eliminate the need for cool-down or significant heat-up time
  • Eliminate the need to re-lubricate belts, rollers and reassemble conveyors
  • Reduce labor costs and water waste
  • Reduce downtime
  • Clean plates and ovens - hot and in place
  • Provide environmentally sound and safe alternative to traditional cleaning methods
A manufacturing plant recently cleaned by dry ice blasting.

Printing

Printers find dry ice blasting to be an effective and efficient process for removal of inks and varnish polymers. In addition, it:

  • Eliminates costly press teardowns and rebuilds
  • Eliminates the use of dangerous solvents, scrapers and chisels
  • Eliminates the unwanted wear of machine parts
  • Reduces personal injury from dangerous solvents
  • Eliminates the disposal of dangerous solvents
  • Eliminates the high labor costs inherent to complex cleaning
A manufacturing line in a factory.

Plastic Molding

Plastic molding companies prefer dry ice blasting because it allows for effective cleaning without having to remove molds or reduce operating temperatures. Dry ice blasting also:

  • Eliminates waxy, paraffin build up that causes orange peel effect
  • Eliminates time spent grit blasting
  • Reduces labor costs associated with mold cleaning
  • Reduces cleanup time and retooling time
Blue rubber gloves being made in a manufacturing plant.

Rubber Molding

Within the rubber molding industry, dry ice blasting cuts rubber mold cleaning time by 75 percent, while producing more high-quality molded parts. Additional benefits include:

  • Elimination of production shutdown for molding cooling
  • Elimination of the need to remove mold from press
  • Elimination of the need to return mold to proper operating temperature
  • Reduction in cavity damage from removal and re-installation of molds
  • Reduction in the risk of mold erosion caused by grit blasting
  • Elimination of the need to run trial samples to assure quality control of delivery