Cleaning with dry ice offers the printing industry many advantages over traditional cleaning methods.  Because traditional methods are time and labor intensive, most printing facilities avoid regular cleaning.  Ink builds up on frames, decks, and gears.  Ink mist clogs vent slots and nozzles, in turn reducing air flow.  Press speeds are then lowered, resulting in lost production and lower quality output.

Manual scraping of frames and decks usually requires up to 30 hours per piece of equipment.  This can mean literally thousands of dollars of lost production time every time you clean your equipment.

Dry ice blasting is so quick and efficient it can reduce cleaning time up to 80%.  It can do this because it can reach nooks and crevices that scraping cannot.  All parts of your equipment can be easily accessed and cleaned.  Both sides of decks can be cleaned in as little as 15 minutes and can be put right back into production.  That 30 hour cleaning job can become a 2 hour job.

Dry ice blasting is non-toxic and non-abrasive.  Dry ice pellets clean thoroughly and evaporate quickly.  No secondary waste is produced so there is no need to dispose of hazardous waster and solvents.  Scrapers and chisels which can damage your equipment are unnecessary.