Refineries
Dry Ice Blasting is used extensively for refinery cleaning applications with great success. Dry Ice Blasting is far superior to traditional cleaning methods as it is a dry process that creates no secondary wastes. It reduces or eliminates the need for toxic solvents, and the cleanup and disposal of blasting media, such as; sand, grit, water etc., that are hard to clean up and expensive to dispose of. Because dry ice (CO2) sublimates on contact with the object being cleaned there is less cleanup required; this means less downtime. Conveyor components, mixers, hoppers, oven bands, extruders, part carrying fixtures, etc. can be cleaned on-line and without chemicals, while oil, grease, petroleum, asphalt, tar, etc. contract and loosen their bond quickly. Some of the applications are: industrial equipment, motors, heat exchangers, catalyst tanks, filters, fuel storage tanks, boiler tube, pump stations, control panel, heat tube, turbine, compressors, paint removal, machinery, machine tools, curing presses, assembly line equipment, hydraulic power units, electrical power, control panels and distribution components.
