AUTOMOTIVE
Meet stringent industry demands
while increasing production uptime
Dry ice cleaning helps automotive facilities solve
a variety of cleaning challenges, allowing them
to increase productivity and improve part quality.
CASE STUDIES
Revolutionize processes
to drive real results.
Weld lines are safely cleaned with less labor and reduced costs
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Industrial electronics cleaned to perfection with dry ice blasting
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Dry ice blasting effectively improves quality of BMW undercarriage cleaning
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Mould Cleaning
Improve productivity by reducing downtime
BENEFITS
Dry ice cleaning is a non-abrasive method that safely cleans moulds online, at operating temperatures.
- Improve product quality
- Clean in-place
Little to no disassembly required - Non-abrasive
No damage to molds - Reduce scrap
Cleaner molds lead to higher quality - Meet stringent industry demands
6-Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) - Reduce production downtime
Clean quicker and without cooldown or disassembly - Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
- Eliminate painstaking manual cleaning
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- Injection molds
- Blow molds
- Compression molds
- Urethane molds
- Textured molds
- Slush molds
- Technical molds
- Extrusion dies
- Rotational molds
- LSR and LIM molds
- Thermoform molds
Surface Preparation
Prepare surfaces with a dry process that allows
for immediate coatings/paint application
BENEFITS
Dry ice cleaning is a dry process that eliminates the need for aqueous or chemical solutions on paint lines.
- Dry process allows for immediate paint or coating after cleaning
- No secondary waste
Reduce disposal costs - Non-abrasive
Will not damage parts - Improve product quality
- Environmentally responsible
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- Interior parts
- Exterior parts
- Cleaning surfaces before RTVs
Paint and Coating Booth Cleaning
Reduce production downtime and scrap rates
BENEFITS
Dry ice blasting provides a quicker and more effective cleaning process and reduces the risk of unplanned production downtime.
- Reduce downtime associated with cleaning
- Reduce waste disposal costs
Eliminate water and secondary waste - Clean more effectively
- Increase production efficiencies
- Maximize equipment life
- Environmentally responsible
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- E-coat and powder coat lines
- Paint hooks
- Spray booths
- Paint shop rollers
- Guide rails
- Reduction gearboxes
- Perforated shielding
- Flooring
Composite Tool Cleaning
Meet stringent industry demands while
protecting delicate tool surfaces and finishes
BENEFITS
Dry ice blasting quickly cleans a variety of tooling made of a varying degree of materials.
- Reduce production downtime
- Maximize tooling life
- Environmentally responsible
No secondary waste - Reduce cleaning time and labor costs
- Non abrasive
No damage to tooling surfaces - Clean a variety of materials with a single machine
- Clean tooling in place
- Eliminate chemicals and solvents
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- Compression molding
- Resin transfer molding
- Extrusion
- Pre-pregging
- Wet-layup
- Teflon-coated tools
- Highly-polished tools
- Post-processing equipment
- Autoclave flooring walls
- PEEL, Kevlar, E-Glass, S-Glass, Spectra, Boron, Pultrusion, etc.
- LIM molding
Weld Line Cleaning
Improve efficiency and accuracy of automated weld lines
BENEFITS
Dry ice cleaning eliminates misalignment, breakdowns and scrap by effectively removing weld slag and spatter buildup.
- Reduce scrap rates
- Maximize tooling life and decrease fixture repair
- Non-abrasive
Will not damage sensors - Replaces ineffective, costly and labor intensive cleaning methods
- Minimize downtime
- No secondary waste
- Environmentally responsible
- Clean online
No cool down required
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- Robot joints
- Transfer cases
- Shuttle jigs
- Diamond plates
- Trunnions
- Weld tables
- Fixtures
- Proximity switches
Foundry Cleaning
Significantly reduce cleaning time and resulting production downtime
BENEFITS
Dry ice blasting enables facilities to clean machinery and tooling in-place, at operating temperatures, without the risk of damage.
- Reduce production downtime
- Eliminate mold disassembly
Clean while hot and in-place - Clean more effectively
- Eliminate waste disposal cost
- Non-abrasive
No damage to tooling - Environmentally responsible
- Deliver superior as-cast finish
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- Conveyors
- Core boxes and vents
- Die cast tooling
- Permanent aluminum molds
- Refractory coating
- Resins and release agents
- Semi-solid casting and forging tooling
- Shell core molds
- General part cleaning
- General equipment and facility cleaning
Parts Finishing Cleaning
Quickly and safely deburr and deflash parts
BENEFITS
Dry ice cleaning is a faster and more uniform flash and burr removal process that does not cause damage to the part.
- Faster and more uniform clean
- Elimination of cross contamination
- Non-abrasive
Lower scrap rates - Reduce cleaning costs and overall downtime
- Higher quality parts
- Eliminate manual cleaning
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- PEEK
- PBT
- Acetal
- Nylon
- LCP
- ABS
- UHMWPE
- Nitinol
General Equipment Cleaning
Reduce cleaning time and production downtime while prolonging equipment life
BENEFITS
Dry ice blasting quickly and effectively cleans production equipment without water, chemicals or secondary waste.
- Reduce cleaning time
- Eliminate manual cleaning with harmful chemical solvents
- Non-conductive cleaning process
- No secondary waste
- Non-abrasive
Eliminate wear and tear on machinery - Reduce risk of unplanned production stoppages and costly repairs
- Environmentally responsible
- Clean in-place
No disassembly required - Enhance Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs
SPECIFIC USE CASES:
- Production equipment
- Ceilings and walls
- Equipment degreasing
- Electric motors and electric boxes
- Control panels
- Pipes, hoses and fittings
- Conveyors
- Cooling fans
- Hydraulic parts
- Robotics
- Sanding belts
- and more
BENEFITS OF DRY ICE BLASTING
Clean quicker and more effectively
while reducing production downtime
Significantly reduce cleaning time on a variety of applications within your automotive facility.
→ Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
→ Non-abrasive
No damage to product or equipment
→ Clean in-place
No disassembly required
→ Increase productivity and reduce downtime
→ Non-conductive cleaning process
→ Employee safe
Reduce harmful chemicals and tedious manual cleaning
→ Environmentally responsible
→ Improve part quality and reduce scrap
→ No secondary waste stream