Dear Readers,
Co2 Blasting is the new
development is quickly expanding around the world. One system uses small rice
pellets of dry ice shooting them out of the jet nozzle with compressed air.
It is known by
several names like dry ice cleaning, Dry Ice blasting and dry ice dusting. It is
a kind of carbon di oxide cleaning, where dry ice in the solid form of carbon
di oxide, is accelerated in a pressurised stream and directed in the surface in
order to clean it. This method is similar to other forms of abrasive blasting
such as sandblasting, or soda blasting substituted for dry ice as a blasting
medium.
This method is
superior to sandblasting or Short blasting because the dry ice is soft enough
not to pit or damage the underlying surface. Since the dry ice evaporates
completely as a gas it leaves no wastes. Only the material being removed must
be disposed of.
Dry ice blasting is
the superior alternative to sand blasting, short blasting, soda blasting, water
blasting and hand cleaning.
Advantages of Co2 blasting:
· No preparation required prior to cleaning
· No need to dismantle machines for cleaning. The pellets easily reach into the smallest nooks and corners.
· Minimal machine downtimes
· Environmentally friendly cleaning
· Without additional chemicals or spray agents
· Surface are not damaged
· No residues
