Carbonic Dry Ice Cleaning vs Traditional Industrial Cleaning
CASE STUDY: Printing Press Operation
What does it really cost to clean with Dry Ice Cleaning?
Let's compare the Carbonic Dry Ice cleaning methods to traditional, chemical-based, labor-intensive industrial cleaning techniques.
Time: Two Dry Ice Cleaning technicians can speedily clean contaminated surface without the use of chemicals and solvents, and without creating any secondary waste to be disposed of such as chemical-soaked rags, cleaning wipes, etc.
It generally requires several times the labor to clean the same amount of contaminant using traditional industrial cleaning solutions. Additionally, the traditional cleaning methods produce substantially more waste -which is primarily toxic -and require hazardous-waste disposal.
Expense: Dry Ice blast cleaning typically costs less (per hour) for the cleaning service to meet the cleaning requirements. Using traditional cleaning methods, a cleaning crew with all the appropriate safety gear, chemicals, rags, cleaning wipes and disposal procedures, will cost an additional 30% over and above the cost of a Dry Ice Cleaning.
To maintain print quality and accuracy, printing press operations require routine cleaning and calibration.
Let's compare cleaning methods and cost.
Most printing press operators will pay a crew of 6 employees to clean their printing machines at least once a month. The traditional cleaning process requires shutting down the equipment, disassembling the parts, using harsh chemicals, and a lot of labor. Then the cleaning crew needs to wait for the printing equipment to dry before the printing presses can be reassembled. It would take this 6-man crew approximately 24 labor-hours to complete and they will use cleaning chemicals and supplies.
We should also consider that while the equipment is being serviced, the printing presses have stopped! They are not producing a product.
No Production = No Sales = No Revenue
Now, let's use Dry Ice blasting services in the exact same scenario:
Using a Dry Ice blast cleaning process, no disassembly is required, no harsh chemicals are used, and equipment is immediately ready for use.
In many cases, the presses can continue to run with minimum disruption.
Cleaning a printing press with Dry Ice blasting saves over 30%!
Dry Ice blasting costs far less than traditional cleaning methods!
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