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Lead paint safely removed with dry ice blasting

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Jun 29, 2020 11:00:00 AM

Downtown Superior, Wisconsin has a recent trend of historic building redevelopment, rather than tear down. One of the more high profile examples is the Empire Block building, which was formerly the home of Luyre Furniture. The vacant building was purchased by a developer who plans to convert it into a mixture of apartments and commercial space. 

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Historical Restoration, Contract Cleaning

How do you restore a Corvette with dry ice?

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Jun 22, 2020 12:00:00 PM

Automobile restoration involves repairing the worn aspects of a classic car to return it to its authentic condition, or how it would have appeared when first offered for sale. 

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Historical Restoration, Automotive

How a foundry cut cleaning time of core boxes by 60%

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Jun 15, 2020 11:00:00 AM

MWS is an aluminum casting and CNC machining specialist that manufactures complex, precise, ready-to-install products in all standard aluminum alloys. The selection of cast aluminum products ranges from highly complex, manually manufactured, made-to-order items to products produced in fully automated manufacturing lines.

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Foundry, Core Box Cleaning

The cooling solution for last mile deliveries

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Jun 9, 2020 12:53:28 PM

Global consumers increasingly prefer to purchase goods online, which is putting pressure on e-commerce organizations to fulfill orders as quickly and efficiently as possible.

As a result, companies must develop new processes and technologies to accelerate parcel delivery while simultaneously keeping costs low.

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Dry Ice Production

How an injection molder reduced maintenance cycles by 50% with dry ice

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Jun 1, 2020 11:33:00 AM

Clean mold cavities and vents are a major concern for plastic part manufacturers in maintaining today’s high quality standards – and is a main priority for the Geiger group, whose customers are electronics and automotive manufacturers.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

Preform injection molder increases production cycles with dry ice

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on May 26, 2020 11:05:00 AM

Preform Solutions in Sioux Falls, South Dakota specializes in the production of quality preforms for the food and beverage, oil, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The small, family-owned business provides custom preform injection molding services for customers across the country, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

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Injection mold cleaning, Plastics

How medical manufacturers are increasing production of critical supplies

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Apr 28, 2020 1:33:34 PM

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the world is facing a shortage of medical supplies and personal protective equipment.

To meet the demand for these supplies, the support of various industries as well as the coordination of upstream and downstream supply chains are becoming critical.

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Injection mold cleaning, Rubber, Medical, Plastics

Contractor of the Month: Industrial Cleaning Solutions

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Apr 20, 2020 9:34:00 AM

The April Contractor of the Month is Industrial Cleaning Solutions in Blue Springs, MO.

Industrial Cleaning Solutions provides dry ice cleaning in a variety of industrial facilities, residential and commercial construction projects, and in commercial and industrial kitchens. The company extensively cleans production and processing equipment, such as vacuum tanks and tubing, radiators, heat exchangers, and all types of equipment with a variety of surfaces like stainless steel, galvanized steel, and painted steel. They also pre-treat surfaces for coatings and painting with dry ice blasting.

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Contract Cleaning

How is dry ice blasting used in Food & Beverage?

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Apr 1, 2020 4:14:50 PM

Food processing and packaging equipment accumulates grease, carbonized residue, seasonings, proteins, harmful microorganisms, biofilms, adhesives, labels, and many other contaminants that traditionally take significant time to clean.

Dry ice blasting provides a dry in-situ cleaning solution that is non-destructive, sustainable, does not use water or chemicals, and does not produce secondary waste. The process enables facilities to eliminate or reduce costly shutdown time for cleaning. Hard to reach corners and crevices are also easily cleaned with dry ice blasting, which results in an improved overall clean in your plant.

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Food and Beverage, Packaging

See how dry ice blasting is being used in medical and pharma

Posted by The Cold Jet Team on Apr 1, 2020 3:28:33 PM

Medical and pharmaceutical facilities face a variety of cleaning, surface preparation, and part finishing challenges.

Medical device manufacturers are very familiar with the micro-molding of precision, high-tolerance parts and all the problems associated with it. From the production of catheter tips to surgical device handles and stents, maintaining product quality and clean manufacturing equipment is paramount. Keeping micro-cavities clean, as well as cleaning the small, deep, and complex geometry of micro-tools, is a critical concern when manufacturing very high tolerance medical device parts.

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Medical