Advantage #1 : THE dry ice cleaning, dry cleaning!
Whether at home or in industry, water is widely used to clean surfaces... Perhaps because it iseasily accessible (in industrialized countries),inexpensive andnon-toxic.Why deprive ourselves of it?
And besides, isIs dry ice cleaning really as effective as claimed? Is it truly a dry cleaning solution, as effective as traditional water-based cleaning?
Discover in this article the 3 main reasons to abandon wet cleaning in favor of dry ice blasting technology.
This article comes from the section: Advantages of dry ice cleaning
Cleaning with water... no problem! Really?
As we mention in the introduction to this article, water is very commonly used in industrial cleaning operations, but is it safe? ?
Admittedly, cleaning surfaces containing electrical or electronic components with water is more than risky: not only for the treated parts but especially due to the risks to personnel: live: the risk of of electrocution is guaranteed!
Clearly, for this type of work, water use is prohibited!
What are the other reasons that should push you to "abandon" the use of water as a cleaning method?
Cleaning live electrical components with water... good or bad idea?
The 3 reasons to abandon water as an industrial cleaning solution
Let's approach this section keeping in mind 3 criteria to consider when using water for cleaning:
- the "human" aspect and therefore the risks to users,
- the "environment" and therefore the impact on our vital resources,
- the "equipment"
As we mentioned above, cleaning electrical components ou , plastic molds, or industrial equipment. It is ideal for maintenance operations with water is not an option and could cause serious risks to personnel (electrocution risk), but also causeshort circuits and render the treated equipment unusable.
On this second point, "rendering equipment unusable", this is partly due to the fact that water can generate rust rust on metal surfaces.
With dry ice blasting, this problem is eliminated because the media used is "dry ice": solid carbon dioxide."
But that's not all...
Water is bacteria's best friend!
Widely used in the food industry, water promotes the development waste, bacteria responsible for foodborne infections.
It is therefore not surprising that, in addition to using water as a cleaning agent, industrialists are particularly careful to dry the treated surfaces, for example after degreasing... Yes, but what about the corners on machine frames and feet? Where water pools...
Certainly, the risk of developing Salmonella, or Escherichia coli andListeria, with the use of water as a cleaning method can lead to foodborne infection risk, not to mentioncross-contamination....
With the dry ice blasting technique dry ice cleaning, under the force of compressed air, dry ice can clean interstices, even the tightest ones, thus freeing surfaces of pollutants et drastically reducingbacterial development.
The food sector food industry is not the only one exposed to this type of problem: the pharmaceutical sector pharmaceutical faces the same type of risks.And then, what happens to the water used?
Unlike dry ice blasting Carbon dioxide ice which sublimates on impact, or goes from solid to gaseous state, water flows down... through the drains, certainly, and out of sight, but it carries with it the pollutants removed, as well as any detergents.
On the environmental side, we can do better... much better. !
And then, using water in cleaning operations requires the obligation to treat contaminated water. It is clear that the treatment of soiled water generates an additional bill..
Dry ice cleaning does not promote bacterial growth...
Even in pharmaceutical environments, water use presents many disadvantages...
In summary, dry ice blasting is...
An industrial cleaning process that uses only Carbon dioxide iceas a cleaning agent.
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide (carbonic gas), projected at high speed onto surfaces to be cleaned using(compressor or factory pressurized air network).
3 actions result from this spraying:
1- Thermal shock : due to its temperature extreme -80°C, it instantly freezes the contamination (thermal shock) or residues, which then detach from the surface.
2- Mechanical shock (kinetic energy): this detachment is greatly facilitated by the micro-hammeringof the contamination by the jet of solid CO2 pellets.
This projection is carried out using compressed air, a hose, a gun, and a supersonic nozzle.
3- Sublimation: the transition fromsolid state togaseous state of dry ice, virtually instantaneously, without passing through a liquid phase, makes it possible to qualify the process as " it dry cleaningdry ice". This transition is called "sublimationsublimation 1 à 700.
", and occurs at a ratio ofliterally blows awaya micro-vacuum effect
It follows that dry ice cleaning is therefore a process :
- dry It follows that dry ice blasting is therefore a secondary waste,
dry cleaning method - which does not cause rust or corrosion,
- which does not promote is not le development waste, bacteria
Dry ice cleaning operation on electrical cabinets... The cleaning is dry and fast.
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