With dry ice cleaning these concerns can be eliminated. Dry Ice blasting offers many other benefits such as:
- No damage to the equipment – The kinetic and thermal benefits of dry ice will remove deposits without damaging surfaces.
- Sensitive cleaning of sensors and electrical control boxes – Dry ice contains no water and will leave the surface clean and dry.
- Preventing growth of bacteria – No water is used and dry ice will leave the surface clean and dry.
- Environmentally friendly process.
- No wastewater – Reduced recycling or wastewater disposal.
- Non-conductive – Machines and parts can be cleaned while in operation (even hot).
- Dry ice is produced from recycled CO2 (Carbon dioxide) and has a widespread use in the food industry either for cooling (meat etc.) or for producing the bubbles in Soda water and beer.
A great solution for many food processing companies are the IBLnano, IBLmini or IBL2500 as there is no need for large compressors. These machines can easily work with the compressed air which is found in many factories and the consumption of dry ice is exceptionally low (average only 15-20 kg/hour), which makes dry ice blasting economical.
The IBLnano, IBLmini or IBL2500 is often used in connection with the normal scheduled cleaning. Deposits that are removed from equipment will fall to the floor and are then removed with the general sweeping or washing of the floor.
