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HMA Yeşil Enerji — Kuru Buz

Dry Ice Blasting

Clean the line without stopping it.

Dry ice blasting removes residue with thermal shock instead of water, solvents or grit. The ice sublimes — the only waste is the dirt you wanted gone.

How it works

Three mechanisms, one pass.

Dry ice blasting is not sandblasting with a different medium. The cleaning comes from temperature as much as from impact.

Kinetic impact

3 mm pellets leave the nozzle at 2–10 bar and strike the surface, breaking the bond of the contamination layer.

Thermal shock

−78.5 °C ice hits a warm surface: the residue contracts, micro-cracks open and the layer separates from the substrate.

Sublimation lift

The pellet expands ~700× into gas in the crack and lifts the residue outwards. Nothing but the removed dirt is left behind.

From the field

Two zones of the same tank.

Process residue stripped inside a tank under confined-space procedure with continuous CO₂ monitoring.
Second zone: the deposit layer lifting under thermal shock from the pellets.
Tank interior before blastingBEFORE
Tank interior after blastingAFTER

Applications

Where we work

Injection and die-casting moulds

Cleaned hot, in the press, without dismantling — cycle restarts in minutes instead of hours.

Electrical cabinets and motors

A dry, non-conductive process. Dust, carbon and oil film removed without de-energising critical equipment.

Food production lines

No water, no chemicals, no residue. Suitable for allergen and biofilm control between shifts.

Tanks, reactors and heat exchangers

Process residue and carbon deposits stripped under confined-space procedure with CO₂ monitoring.

Turbines, aviation and MRO

Sensitive surfaces cleaned without abrasion; no grit left in channels or cavities.

Restoration and fire damage

Soot, smoke residue and old coatings removed from stone, timber and brick without soaking the structure.

Why it wins

Against water and grit

  • No water, no drying time, no wastewater
  • No chemicals and no secondary waste to dispose of
  • Non-abrasive — surface geometry and tolerances preserved
  • Equipment cleaned in place, often while still warm
  • Production downtime cut from days to hours
  • Before/after photo report and work documentation

Every job starts with a risk assessment and, where needed, a test patch on a sample area. Confined spaces are worked with CO₂ monitoring and forced ventilation under ISO 45001.

Shall we look at your line?

Send a photo or a video of the surface — we will tell you whether dry ice blasting is the right method before anyone travels.