Dry Ice Blasting for Manufacturing
Production equipment, gearboxes, molds, conveyors, electrical cabinets.
Discrete and process manufacturers across the Mountain West run thin maintenance windows, aging tooling, and OEM warranty rules that punish abrasive or wet cleaning. Summit Cryo embeds with your maintenance planner to clean injection molds, gearboxes, conveyors, and energized cabinets during scheduled PM — without disassembly, without added process water, and without abrasive media that contaminates downstream operations.
Why traditional methods fall short
Production lines accumulate grease, resin, ink, paint overspray, and product residue that progressively degrade machine performance, void OEM warranties, and create fire and contamination risk. Traditional cleaning means partial disassembly, water-based washdowns that risk electronics, or solvent baths that introduce VOC and disposal headaches. None fits inside a tight maintenance window — and none of it generates the kind of documented record auditors and OEM warranty providers want to see.
How Summit Cryo solves it
Summit Cryo cleans in place during scheduled PM windows. Our crew coordinates with your maintenance planner and EHS officer, follows your LOTO procedures, and documents each asset with before/after photos that drop into your CMMS (Fiix, Maximo, eMaint, UpKeep). Recurring schedules — weekly conveyors, monthly molds, quarterly cabinets — turn cleaning from an emergency expense into a planned line item with measurable downtime savings.
How a manufacturing engagement runs
- 01Pre-job walk
Plant tour with maintenance and EHS to map LOTO points, confined-space entries, and sensitive electronics. We deliver a written scope with downtime estimate and per-asset pricing.
- 02Schedule into your PM window
Crews arrive during planned shutdowns — overnights, weekends, or changeover windows. We work to your shift, not ours.
- 03Containment & ventilation
Negative-air containment around the work zone for dust control. CO₂ monitors deployed in confined areas. PPE per your site rules.
- 04Blast & verify
Pellet size and pressure dialed per substrate. Lead tech verifies each asset against the scope checklist before moving on.
- 05CMMS-ready documentation
Per-asset before/after photos, work-order numbers, and tech sign-off pushed to your maintenance system, typically within 24 hours of job completion.
What we clean in manufacturing
- Injection molds and dies (resin, mold release, flash)
- Conveyors, gearboxes, and motor housings
- Stamping presses and tooling
- Electrical cabinets and bus bars (energized)
- Paint booth grating and overspray
- Mixers, blenders, and process tanks
Contaminants, surfaces, and why it matters
What our customers measure
The numbers behind the program
How we fit your audit and safety program
- Our photo/time-stamped cleaning records can be referenced in your own ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or AS9100 documentation — your quality system determines fit
- Crews work under your site's LOTO and confined-space entry program
- Certificates of insurance and coverage limits available on request
- SDS for the CO₂ supplied available on request; CO₂ sublimates to gas and requires ventilation/monitoring in confined or low-airflow spaces
- OEM warranty compatibility for a given asset is determined by the equipment manufacturer, not by us
How a manufacturing route is typically structured
Manufacturing dry ice cleaning FAQs
What customers in this vertical tell us
We walk the assets with you before quoting, then send a written scope so there is no ambiguity about what is and isn't included.
We run a test patch on the actual substrate before committing to the full job, so you can see the result before we proceed.
We work inside your maintenance window, subject to site access and ventilation requirements — not the other way around.
Every job closes with a photo record and a time log, so you have documentation on file for your own records.