Dry Ice Blasting as Described on The History Channel's Modern Marvels

This is a detailed discriptive of dry ice blasting:

1. How it works
2. Uses
3. What is it capable of, but not limited to

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Containment for Dry Ice Blasting

IAQM frequently builds custom containment for our dry ice blasting customers. It is always important for all parties involved to know the material & chemical make of the coverage being displaced.

We build containments for various reasons

1. This is to protect the health of all working and or exposed to the blasting area. Blasting displaces the debris, film, build up, resin, and whatever else is on top of the substrate to be cleaned. Displaced means it is blasted with dry ice. It goes somewhere. First into the air, then settles dependent upon weight and density after blasted. 
2. The containment helps protect those near the blasting area from being hit with particles,, pieces, and chunks. Think of the containment as a large, coop of safety goggles for all on the exterior. We wear safety goggles and face shiels, so we know the rest of the work environment is to be protected as well. 
3. As part of many containments, we add custom negative air and filtering. This traps and filters the particl count of the material removed. In doing so, it reduces the settlement of the lighter, smaller debris removed. It is one more step of cleaning up while the cleaning from dry ice blasting occurs. This reduces what is being put into the air and what will affect the respiratory systems of all exposed to the working area. This goes back to the importance of both IAQM and the staff of the worksite to know the exact chemical / material make up of what is to be removed from the substrate when blasting.
4. This is a must when working in confined spaces. The blasting puts CO2 into the space, discpacing the oxygen level. We force air into the space. At the same time, we create a negative air system to pull out blasted particle count along with the CO2.

IAQM was founded 15 years ago, then specializing in remediation. With many years of experience as well as working to stay ahead of improvements in the industry, we have studied the art of building containment. It made perfect sense to transition this knowledge and experience over to our dry ice blasting division. This protects our customers and employees alike. 

For your consultation and scheduling call our office at (972) 564-0477 or Willie Grubaugh directly at (214) 244-3871.

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The Green and Eco-friendly Dry Ice Blasting

Why destroy Mother Earth when we don't have to?

So many clean with chemicals. How is this really cleaning when harmful fumes and off gassing occur? The chemical goes somewhere. So enters blasting for speed and a higher quality clean.

There are multiple medias to blast with from sand to soda, and everything you can think of in between.

All blasting methods will displace and leave behind a socondary waste... all but one. These secondary wastes left behind are the blasting media; crushed glass, baking soda, walnut shell, silica sand or crystalline, dry ice, among others.

Silica sand(crystalline) can cause silicosis, lung cancer, and breathing problems to exposed areas to human, bird, aquatic, and animal life.

Crushed glass is exactly that, crushed glass with water added. This creates an obvious runoff.

Soda blasting uses baking soda as the media. This is very effective in mold and fire remediation. The problem is the soda when blasted creates a large cloud of dust, soda dust. This then settles in the surrounding work area. Baking soda settled on plants will kill the vegetation and landscaping. The dust will eventually runoff with watering amd rain. This contaminates and risks the nearby aquatic life and systems.

Dry ice blasting is the only blasting media and method which does not leave behind a secondary waste. It does not create a runoff exposing and risking human health, aquatic life, water ways, plant, and animal life.

Dry ice blasting is EPA & FDA approved cleaning. It requires proper PPE. OSHA describes dry ice blasting as "Alternative, less toxic blasting material" under the "OSHA Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers from the Hazards of
Abrasive Blasting Materials".

The CO2 is in solid, frozen form as a media. Upon impact from blasting with forced air, the CO2 returns to gas and disipates, leaving behind zero secondary waste to clean up, or risk to the environment.

Dry Ice Blasting in Production Facilities

In production and manufacturing, as with any environment, there is more than one way to skin a cat. There's safe, dangerous, complicated, simple, expensive, cost effective, hard, easy, "...the way we've always done it", and innovative. It should be quick to recognize the 180° variances which exist between each.

Let's look at these from a high level. Dangerous can come from many directions. There are hazzards of using chemical agents. You risk the substrate being cleaned. You risk employees who are trained and versed in their everyday work, but not in the use of chemicals, application of, necessary safety gear & containment, proper ventilation, and the list just goes on. I would have the use of chemicals fall under dangerous, complicated, expensive  (adds extensive down time), hard, and my favorite,  "the way we've always done it."

Tailing chemical usage is the addition of manual labor. The cleaning may be required in confined spaces. It will include small corners, angles, and reaching into the machinery. That alone is an elevated and unnecessary risk to good employees.  This requires lock out tag out.

Blasting comes with a variety of media used; glass, sand, soda, walnut shell, other materials, and dry ice. Every one creates a secondary waste. Many are too abrasive for the molds and machinery to be cleaned. Many are toxic and can cause life long health issues when inhaled. Dry ice blasting does not create a secondary waste, nor require additional clean up after the cleaning. You only sweep or vacuum the displaced debris. This can be done in process in some instances with negative air, containment, and filtering.

OSHA is the mighty above all in production and manufacturing. OSHA can have an immediate impact from what was a cheap, quick fix to expensive in a matter of minutes. Thereafter comes the investigation and additional shut down, until the investigation is complete.

Safe, easy, cost efficient, simple, and innovative only describe dry ice blasting.

It is cost effective in a multitude of ways. First, dry ice blasting only requires minimal tear down. Blasting is effective with line if site. If we can see it, we can clean it. Dry ice blasting over manual labor reduces risk, less OSHA regulatory language, eliminates risk to your employees by taking them out of the work area, is EPA approved cleaning, reducing down time and returning the affected area to production sooner. Dry ice blasting restores your quality output after deterioration and build up begin to overflow onto your product.

Here are images of just a few different applications and uses with dry ice blasting

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DRY ICE BLASITNG ADHESIVES

Adhesives are removed with ease compared to alternative methods because the lowered temperature serves to weaken the adhesive bond. Abrasive methods will generate heat therefore failing with some types of adhesive removal. Grease, oils, glues, and more on conveyor belt & rollers can be dry ice blast blasted while the conveyor belt is running with little to no down time interruptions.

Here are excellent before & after photos which tell much more than words can say...

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Tom Landry on Faith

https://youtu.be/b8EFAZBHmOU

I was told by a world champion bull rider that I would never be a champion, a true champion until I change, submit, and start to give God the glory.

I spent an entire rodeo career claiming I was doing it myself. I relied on no one. I didn't need anyone. Look at me. All the while, I believed in Jesus, the Father, and The Holy Spirit. I do not ever remember not knowing Christ existed, or doubting his presence to the level I could understand Him at the time. I always had belief.

Going backwards in time a bit to help understand the story, I grew up in extreme poverty, child of divorce, in and out of child protective services, with and without a home, plumbing, and or electricity. We were evicted often. I was in Boles Home for a few years. My mother through all of this repeatedly told me, we aren't goingto Church because... (you pick the reason, she said it). I would occasionally get invited by a minister visiting the elementary school. We would pass a Church and I would ask to go.

From these experiences, I learned if you can't rely on family, then put your faith in no one. Team sports made zero sense to me in high school. I ran track and played football for two reasons; 1. Was to gain endurance and strength, 2. Was because my bull riding influences told me it would help me and I had to. I did not do it to help the team at all. I had become what I believed all others were.

I was introduced to rodeo in my early teen years. I found I had a talent and could succeed in the arena. I quickly learned I could make money doing something I loved. The equation of rodeo = no more poverty was a no brainer.

Now in the pros and looking for notoriety from the pros, I was obsessed with riding bulls. I lived a life of rodeo, car, bar, rodeo, car, bar, wash, rinse, repeat. I would leave on a Wednesday or Thursday, go to a rodeo Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night, try to catch two on Saturday during the day and another Saturday night, and another on Sunday. Then I would drive to the nearest rodeo contractor's ranch to bum a bed, food, and some practice. Monday and Tuesday I would work a little and get on as many bulls as I could handle, push myself some more, and start driving out on Wednesday to start the cycle over again. I would take all the sandwiches the sweet contractor wives would pack for me. I would hear their messages about Jesus, and I would start driving.

At every rodeo, a cowboy preacher would host Church in the bleachers round about 10:00am each morning. Cowboys are a little hard-headed, so those good preachers knew offering service on Sunday only wasn't enough. A bunch of nomad, rodeo cowboys cannot be an easy ministry. I would attend most services, all I didn't sleep through. Sometimes I would wake up in the bleachers to the service going on around me. I might be hung over, still drunk, or sometimes just worn out from the miles not believing I ever needed rest, true rest.

As I gain notoriety, place, win here and there, and move up in the standings some Christian cowboys took notice. They would individually or team up and minister to me about the way I was living, to submit, to start living for God, give God the glory, and so on. I always told them, "look, I believe in Jesus. I'm saved." I would continue on with my life style all the same, still unchanged in my pride, ego, heart, and who was first me then God.

I chased the World Championship title and buckles from many, many associations. It always eluded me. I was only allowedto get as close, as high in the standings as 4th. My highest standings finish was 9th in the world. I consistently qualified for the finals of various associations and circuits, but never a title.

I retired and the gold buckles I chased are resting in someone else's cabinets. The men I know who have them, all string in their Faith then, and now. They understood who should be first. They understood what I did not. We did not have talent. We did not have anything. We were each given gifts to use for God's glory. I did not understand it and start to make the transition until after I retired.

There can only be one world champion per year. I don't know if I would have ever won the title if I'd made the connection during career. I do know why I did not.

This article is a Christmas gift to anyone who's hungry for more

http://www.businessinsider.com/signs-youre-going-to-be-successful-2015-5