Non-abrasive Blasting

The dry ice blasting method helps clean contamination from industrial ventilation and industrial exhaust systems without the need to dismantle the duct system, at minimum production downtime.

Dry ice is non-toxic, non-flammable, sublimes after contact with contamination and leaves no residue in your system. Dry ice is a non-abrasive cleaning method, so the cleaned surface suffers no harm due to lack of use of chemicals or abrasives.

The dry ice blasting method is used to remove a wide range of residues, release agents, contaminants, paints, oil, rubber or films. It is a safe and non-abrasive cleaning method ideal for pipeline maintenance where the pipeline’s inner surface damage could cause an environmental disaster, e.g. in the chemical or petroleum industry.

Dry ice blasting uses compressed air to accelerate frozen carbon dioxide (CO2) pellets to a high velocity. A compressed air supply of up to 16 Bar (80 PSI/50 scfm) can be used in this process. 

Dry ice pellets can be made on-site or supplied. 

Carbon dioxide in all its states is non-poisonous. Dry ice is recycled carbon dioxide, which is both inexpensive and can be easily stored at work sites.

Instead of using hard abrasive media to impact and damage a surface, the dry ice blasting method uses dry ice pellets, accelerated to a high velocity, which then collide with the target surface. 

Harnessing the power of the kinetic energy and rapid change of state causes a so called “thermal shock”, propelling the undesirable contamination off the underlying target surface.