Applications
Dry ice is a versatile product that has a number of commercial and consumer uses:
- To clean a log cabin
- To remove automotive paint
- To clean a turbine
- To remove tar
- To remove soot & char
- To clean a printing press
- To power plants
- To remove polyurethane
- In the plastics industry
- In the pharmaceutical industry
- To pelletize equipment
- In the mold remediation industry
- To clean train equipment
- To remove lime buildup
- To remove labeles
- To remove hotmelt
- For cleaning motorcycles
- In foundries
- In the food industry
- For building cleaning
- To remove floor tiles
- To remove skin imperfections
- In the poultry industry
- In the baking industry
- To lengthen the life of wet ice
- To make fog in the entertainment industry
- To shrink metal
- To retard chemical catalysts
- To improve porosity in oil wells
- To pack ice cream on trips
- To purge fuel tanks
- To brand animals
- To store food during power outages
- For low-temperature testing
- As a mosquito attractant for traps
- To keep party kegs cold
- To pack trophy game or fish on the way home
- By airline caterers to keep food chilled
- By blood banks for shipping
- To blast clean rubber and plastic injection molds and food processing equipment
- By the concrete industry to prevent heat buildup
- To freeze unstable ground
- To germinate food
- To freeze water lines without shutoff valves
- To blast clean fire-damaged buildings
