Using dry ice blasting is so much easier. The sealer is in a dry state, so once it’s removed, it can be swept up and placed in the trash. In man-hours, the machine was almost paid for after the first use.
Aerospace & Aviation Dry Ice Blasting Equipment
Safely clean a variety of parts and equipment while maintaining high quality standards
Aerospace & aviation dry ice blasting equipment helps manufacturers meet stringent industry demands. The process safely removes many types of contaminants from a variety of surfaces for maintenance purposes, safety inspections and as a surface preparation prior to painting. Dry ice blasting in aerospace allows for faster, safer cleaning of equipment.
General Equipment Cleaning
Reduce cleaning time and production downtime while prolonging life of equipment
Benefits
Dry ice cleaning 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 sustainable
- Clean in-place No disassembly required
- Enhance Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs
Specific use cases:
- Fin cleaning and inspection
- Turbine engine nacelles
- Electronic components
- Compressor blades
- Brake assemblies
- Foam insulation
- Cargo bay areas
- Turbine engine components
- Tow hitches
- Landing gear systems
- Engine bay covers
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Mold Cleaning
Improve productivity by reducing downtime
Benefits
Dry ice blasting is a non-abrasive method that safely cleans molds 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
- Environmentally sustainable
- Meet stringent industry demands6-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
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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 sustainableNo secondary waste or water
- 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
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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 wasteReduce disposal costs
- Non-abrasive Will not damage parts
- Improve product quality
- Environmentally sustainable
Specific use cases:
- Interior parts
- Exterior parts
- Cleaning surfaces before RTVs
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Benefits of Dry Ice Blasting
Dry ice blasting in aerospace industry allows for reduced cleaning time and costs while protecting surfaces of valuable tooling and machines
Dry ice blasting is used to clean a variety of materials from tooling and equipment, including sealants and adhesives, foam insulation, grease and burnt carbon, carbon fiber residue, plasma overspray, ceramic matrix composites (CMC) residue, release agents and more.
- Decrease cleaning time and labor costs
- Non-abrasive No damage to substrates
- Clean in-place No disassembly required
- Increase productivity and reduce downtime
- Non-conductive cleaning process
- Operationally safe Reduce harmful chemicals and tedious manual cleaning
- Environmentally sustainable
- Improve part quality and reduce scrap
- No water or secondary waste stream
Case Studies
Proven technology produces definable results
Our solutions are driving real results in our customers’ organizations.
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Aerospace & AviationAir Force base quickly and safely removes sealant from F-16 jet wing
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Aerospace & AviationRolls Royce removes contaminants from jet engine compressor blades and experiences cost savings of 90%
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