DRY ICE
CLEANING

Dry ice cleaning and its various uses

At SDC Travaux Spécialisés, our dry ice blasting service is very effective in carrying out certain tasks that would be practically impossible to achieve in a reasonable time using traditional methods.

Dry ice blasting, or cryogenic blasting, is a process similar to sandblasting, but uses solid CO2 pellets rather than a conventional abrasive. Dry ice cleaning prepares and cleans surfaces using solid carbon dioxide accelerated in a jet of air. In addition, it creates a thermal shock on contact with contaminants, which releases them quickly. During the cleaning operation, the dry ice microbeads sublimate when they touch the surface to be cleaned. That is, they turn directly from a solid pellet into a gas, leaving a clean, dry surface with no residue. Dry ice blasting can be used in the food industry, disaster cleanup and manufacturing, as well as many other areas where the use of water is best avoided.