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DRY ICETECH AUSTRALIA
DRY ICE BLASTING EQUIPMENTS
Dry Icetech Australia is the market leader in providing service and consumables to the Australian Market as a service provider to industries such as food and beverage, packaging and the automotive sector.
Dry Icetech Australia presents a revolutionary alternative to traditional methods of cleaning industrial production equipment. In marketing, the process is called "dry ice blasting". Dry ice blasting offers advantages in a wide range of industries, that is evident from our broad customer portfolio.
Several important benefits can be gained from using dry ice blasting:
• Reduced maintenance downtime
• Improved production quality
• Maintenance without dismantling
• No need for environmentally damaging chemicals
OBJECTIVE AND MISSION
Our goal is to meet industrial cleaning requirements in an quick, easy, gentle and environmentally correct manner. We are a dynamic, rapidly-growing international company based on a single concept - cleaning with dry ice.
OUR VISION
We aim to become known as the number 1 supplier of high-quality products that are:
• Innovative
• Effective
• Reliable
• Quality orientated
• Customer orientated
OUR VALUES
Dry Icetech Australia as a company value:
• Customer orientation
• Willingness to change
• Loyalty, openness and honesty
• Enthusiasm and individual efficiency
• Job satisfaction and helpfulness
WHAT IS DRY ICE BLASTING?
Dry ice blasting is a revolutionary blasting method that uses small, compact dry ice pellets as the blasting material. The dry ice pellets are accelerated in a jet of compressed air similar to that used in traditional blasting methods.
Dry ice blasting is designed to replace high-pressure hosing and other traditional blasting methods that use materials such as sand, glass and plastic as abrasive agents. In addition, however, a wide range of other cleaning methods that involve the use of hazardous chemicals, solvents, etc., can with advantage be replaced by dry ice blasting.
The unique feature of dry ice as a blasting material is that it vaporises on contact with the surface to be cleaned. Treated surfaces are therefore left dry and clean, without residues of detergents or blasting materials. As the process is completely dry and non-conductive, dry ice blasting can be used where other methods are unsuitable. For example, electric motors and equipment with electric, pneumatic or hydraulic components can be cleaned direct using dry ice blasting.
The system produces no waste products Only the coating that has been removed remains to be disposed of, and this can usually be swept or vacuumed from the floor beneath the treated object.
Dry ice blasting is ideal for removing coatings such as adhesives, varnish, oil, grease, coal dust, soot, mould release agents and bitumen - to name but a few of the materials we remove daily using the process.
Dry ice blasting will often allow a company's production equipment to be cleaned while in operation without the need for dismantling and costly downtime.
Dry ice blasting is non-abrasive, and surfaces are therefore treated gently. The system can thus be used on easily-damaged surfaces like nickel, chromium and soft aluminium.
The process is dry, and no waste materials are produced. This means that cleaning can be carried out even during short production shutdowns.
LOWER COSTS
• Reduced Downtime - A machine can often be cleaned by dry ice blasting while in operation, thus eliminating the need for dismantling and subsequent re-assembly. This is of considerable economic importance as downtime can be eliminated or drastically reduced.
• No Secondary Waste Disposal Costs - Costs connected with the disposal of hazardous chemicals or solvents are saved because dry ice vaporises on contact with the surface being treated Only the dislodged coating material must be removed from beneath the treated object.
• Reduced Payroll Costs - Dry ice blasting will reduce cleaning and maintenance payroll costs to a fraction of current levels because the process is more effective and faster than traditional cleaning methods.
• Reduced Equipment Wear and Tear - Dry ice blasting is non-abrasive. Surfaces are therefore treated very gently, and wear and tear resulting from the use of steel brushes, scrapers and the like is avoided.
TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES
Fast and Effective Cleaning, dry ice blasting systems have extremely high cleaning speeds, and even normally inaccessible parts can be rapidly cleaned using the wide range of nozzles available. Blasting material residues do not become trapped in every nook and cranny, and no detergent or blasting material is left on chains and drives.
Dry ice blasting is ideal for cleaning machinery, electrical installations, electro-mechanical equipment, surfaces and moulds.
Reduced Equipment Wear and Tear, dry ice blasting is non-abrasive. Surfaces are therefore treated very gently, and wear and tear resulting from the use of steel brushes, scrapers and the like is avoided.
WHO CAN USE DRY ICE BLASTING?
Dry ice blasting is well suited to a wide range of industries, as can be seen from our customer portfolio, which includes such widely differing companies as Carlsberg, Novo Nordisk, Mærsk, Vestas , BSTG, ROH Automotive, Visy Board and West Pharmaceutical Services.
Dry ice blasting is ideal for removing coatings such as adhesives, varnish, oil, grease, coal dust, soot, mould release agents and bitumen - to name but a few of the materials we remove daily using the process.
No detergent or blasting material is left after treatment. This makes the system highly suitable for industries that require a high degree of hygiene - the food and pharmaceutical industries for example.
You can find examples from some of the various industries we cooperate with in the "Industry Applications " menu.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Environment-friendly, dry ice is completely non-toxic. As no hazardous chemicals or solvents are used in dry ice blasting, operators avoid being exposed to hazardous fumes and other dangers during cleaning. In contrast to high-pressure hosing, polluted drain water is avoided.
Easy Waste Management, the quantity of waste material is minimised because the blasting material vaporises.