Cold Jet Provides Live Dry Ice Cleaning Demos At Pack Expo

Cold Jet® – the world leader in developing high performance dry ice cleaning solutions is providing dry ice cleaning demonstrations at booth N-6319 at Pack Expo. The demos utilize Cold Jet’s i³ MicroClean, which showcases the innovative dry ice blasting technology.  The process is a non-abrasive, non-conductive cleaning method that is fast, delicate and does not use chemicals or solvents. Using particles of dry ice accelerated with compressed air, the dry ice cleaning process can replace traditional cleaning methods.

Equipment and facilities get dirty with grease, wax, proteins, seasonings, crumbs, carbon residue, glue, ink and other build-up, which prevents equipment from operating at peak efficiency and can shorten asset life.  Traditional cleaning methods can be time-consuming, ineffective and can involve significant amounts of chemicals, water and secondary waste. Dry ice blasting can clean packaging and food processing equipment without the need for scrubbing, water clean-up or use of harmful chemicals.

Dry ice cleaning uses recycled CO₂ in the form of solid dry ice pellets that are accelerated by compressed air through high-velocity nozzles onto the surface being cleaned. Through the combination of the kinetic and thermal effects, the bond between the contaminant and the surface is broken, thus cleaning the substrate. The dry ice pellets sublimate (return to their gaseous state) upon contact and expand 800 times to flush the contaminant from the surface.

As the dry ice sublimates on impact, there is no secondary waste created, and most equipment can be cleaned in place without time-consuming disassembly.  The dry ice used in the cleaning process is non-toxic, food grade quality and safe to use on food processing equipment. The process can reduce contamination on surfaces of bacteria like Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria, can reduce cross-contamination caused by nuts and other allergens and removes protein residues on food processing equipment.

Cold Jet® has two distinct lines of business centered around the use of dry ice.  We provide environmental cleaning, surface preparation and parts finishing systems to global manufacturing industries.  These systems utilize particles of dry ice as a blasting medium.  Secondly, we produce systems for the production, metering and packaging of dry ice. These systems enable the consistent production of a controlled range of dry ice products for food transportation, cold chain management and dry ice cleaning.  Customers are using our technology-based solutions to replace outdated processes that are inefficient and harmful to health and safety.  Cold Jet is headquartered in Loveland, Ohio, with international operations in Europe, Asia, Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.coldjet.com or call 1-800-337-9423 or +1-513-831-3211 (International).