DRY ICE BLASTING

The use of dry ice cleaning on Electrical Rotating Equipment is very effective and has many advantages. High and Low Voltage Electrical Motor Stators, Rotors & Windings; D.C Electric Motor Stators & Armatures as well as Generators, can all be cleaned. Dry ice cleaning is environmentally friendly, fast and efficient at removing contaminants, helps maintain the life of the equipment, without using water, detergents, and dangerous solvents and without removing the unit from its operational position.
Dry ice blasting involves propelling pellets at extremely high speeds. The actual dry ice pellets are quite soft, and much less dense than other media used in blast-cleaning (i.e. sand or plastic pellets). Upon impact, the pellet sublimates almost immediately, transferring minimal kinetic energy to the surface on impact and producing minimal abrasion. The sublimation process absorbs a large volume of heat from the surface, producing shear stresses due to thermal shock. This is assumed to improve cleaning as the top layer of dirt or contaminant is expected to transfer more heat than the underlying substrate and flake off more easily. The efficiency and effectiveness of this process depends on the thermal conductivity of the substrate and contaminant. The rapid change in state from solid to gas also causes microscopic shock waves, which are also thought to assist in removing the contaminant.