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.
Mould Cleaning
Improve productivity by reducing downtime
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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