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Smoke Damaged Books Sevier County Courthouse Richfield, UT Coldsweep cleaned several hundred smoke damaged books after a courthouse fire damaged the county records stored in vaults. Coldsweep worked with Utah Disater Kleenup and the University of Utah to develop the cleaning process. Randy Silverman from the University of Utah Presented a paper on the project at a rare books conference. Fire & Ice - A Soot Removal Technique Using Dry Ice Blasting

Cement Removal Ashgrove Cement Nephi, UT The before and after photos of this fire suppresion manifold at a cement plant provides a dramatic example of the results that can be obtained using dry ice blasting.


Decal Removal Signature Equipment Salt Lake City, UT This photo illustrates that dry ice blasting can be tailored to perform delicate work. The equipment used for this project shaves sugar-sized particles from solid blocks of ice to ensure the underlying surface is not damaged. The rice sized particles used by our medium or hig-pressure equipment uses would be too agressive for this application

Removing Urethane Insulation FMC-Jetway Ogden, UT Imagine trying to chisel and scrape away the urethane foam that enveloped the copper manifold on this refrigeration unit. Dry ice blasting proved to be an excellent way to uncover the leaky soldered connection that was hidden by the urethane foam.

Removing Adhesive from Rocket Motor Tooling ATK Clearfield, UT Years of adhesive buildup on the aluminum deck surrounding rocket motor silos was removed using dry ice blasting. The customer was particularly impressed with the fact that no secondary waste was generated during the process. Cleanup was limited to sweeping up the loose adhesive debris from the floor.

Removing Cork and Adhesive from Rocket Motor Door ATK Clearfield, UT The cork on this rocket motor door did not pass inspection because some unbonds existed between the cork insulation and the aluminum access door. Dry ice blasting removed the cork and adhesive without damaging the aluminum door.

Cleaning Bull Gear on Rod Mill Agrium Soda Springs, ID The bull gear on this Rod mill was cleaned to determine why the mill was shaking badly during rotation. The dry ice blasting process removed all of the heavy lubricant and uncovered the source of the bad vibrations (impacted material lodged between some of the teeth). The work was completed in place with no disassembly of the equipment.

Removing Epoxy Resin Quality Composites Salt Lake City, UT Epoxy resin was removed from windsurfing mast tooling so that it could be re-anodized, before being sent to another manufacturing location. It should be obvious from examining the photos that dry ice blasting did not affect the aluminum surfaces being cleaned. Dry ice blasting is non-abrasive to materials that are harder than dry ice.

Cleaning Perforated Drum Beehive Clothing Salt Lake City, UT This textile customer had previously cleaned these drums using everything from torches, to oven cleaners to wire brushes. They indicated that the last time they werte cleaned it took 4 men two days to clean 1 drum. Coldsweep was able to clean 4 drums in two days with two men. When the drums were clean they were able to process twice as much fabric at a 30% faster speed!