Commercial Services

Dry Ice Cleaning

National Restoration offers on-site dry ice blasting services. This non-invasive form of cleaning technology is safe and effective on everything from the bottoms of boats to electrical switches and turbine fins.

Dry Ice Blasting (also known as CO2 blasting) uses compressed air to blast frozen CO2 pellets to a super sonic high velocity. A compressed air supply or 80 PSI/50 SCFM is utilized in the process.

How Does Dry Ice Blasting Work?

Dry Ice Blasting works because it introduces thermal shock to the surface needing to be cleaned.The reaction is called Instantaneous Sublimation. In simpler terms, it is the phase change from a solid state to a gaseous state of the CO2 pellet upon impact. When the CO2 pellet impacts the surface being cleaned, the ambient "heat" from the surface rapidly transfers to the evaporating CO2 pellet, thus causing a separation between the layer of contaminant and the existing surface. The contaminant is then blown from the surface and captured for disposal. The major benefit to Dry Ice Blasting is the fact that no water or harsh chemicals are used in the cleaning process, so you have no additional waste being generated.

Dry Ice Blasting is commonly used in just about any type of industry that has equipment that needs to be cleaned including Power Plants, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Marine and many more. The Dry Ice Blasting is safe enough on surfaces that it can also be used to remove mold and smoke damage from residences! Additionally, the Dry Ice Blasting process is approved for use by the FDA on Food and Beverage Equipment.

Reduce Cleaning Time Up To 80%

National Restoration's dry ice blasting is capable of cleaning most industrial equipment, machinery, machine tools, curing presses and assembly line equipment without causing damage. National Restoration can eliminate significant cleaning downtime and post-cleaning start-up.

The applications that National Restoration's systems can provide a cleaning solution for are endless. Any item that is part of a production process can be cleaned on-line or during production uptime with National Restoration's dry ice blasting. National Restoration's blasting systems are designed to increase production uptime and increase the productivity of any production process; in fact no other dry ice blasting system will provide an equitable return on investment. National Restoration's systems typically pay for themselves in a matter of months, in terms of lessened scrap product and increased high quality production time.

National Restoration's dry ice blasting systems effectively and efficiently clean mixer conveyor components and oven band hoppers. In addition, National Restoration can clean on and around hydraulic power units and electrical power and distribution components. Adhesives are easily removed by dry ice blasting, as the lowered temperature of the blasting process serves to weaken the adhesive bond. The traditional abrasive cleaning methods often generate heat and can therefore fail to effectively remove adhesives. National Restoration dry ice blasting can be very successful in marine maintenance and upkeep as well. National Restoration. removes algae, sea slime and mussels from ship hulls and seawater intake valves far better than water blasting. The National Restoration system is also very effective in cleaning the mechanical and electrical equipment parts in the engine room.

The removal and disposal of hazardous waste can be considered an industrial classification. With National Restoration dry ice blasting, the cleaning media, dry ice, sublimates. Therefore the volume of hazardous materials to dispose of does not increase, and the related disposal cost does not increase either. This particular advantage of dry ice blasting is important with regards to nuclear decontamination, because the grit traditionally used to clean radioactive items becomes contaminated as well and is then much more expensive to dispose of.

National Restoration's dry ice blasting systems require less air and less ice than any other dry ice blasting system on the market, saving the customer on lifetime usage costs. In addition, National Restoration's systems produce four times less noise than other blasting systems, allowing the operator to blast during normal operation hours without implementing costly ear protection protocol.

Go Green with Dry Ice Cleaning

Dry ice cleaning is a "green" process using small pellets of recycled carbon dioxide to clean a surface. The pellets sublimate (turning from solid directly to gas) during the cleaning process. The carbon dioxide gas is absorbed by trees and plants and converted into carbon (plant growth) and oxygen (for us to breathe), thus recycling the CO2. So dry ice blasting is really "green" recycling at its best.

Dry ice blasting does not contribute to greenhouse gasses. No hazardous wastes are produced. The work process is safe and non-toxic, with basic safety precautions. No ozone-depleting chemicals are used. The factory work environment is safer, because no Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) exposure occurs. Dry ice blasting is truly "green". Dry ice cleaning is so "green" that it is approved by government agencies such as the FDA, EPA, and USDA. Your operations can "go green" with dry ice cleaning.