TECHNOLOGY
We offer several CO2 Powered technologies including CO2 Composite Spray, Centrifugal CO2 Immersion, and Atmospheric Plasma treatment.
For example, CO2 Composite Spray technology was first developed and introduced in the early 1990’s by our Founder and President, Mr. David Jackson, as a cost and performance effective alternative to so-called CO2 Snow cleaning. Our latest CO2 Powered spray innovation is called Micronized CO2 Blasting. Micronized CO2 Blasting provides both micromechanical and chemical cleaning actions. This third-generation CO2 Composite Spray cleaning technology represents the state-of-the-art for precision cleaning applications and shares operation and control aspects analogous to pellet and shaved dry ice blast cleaning technology used for industrial cleaning applications.
Key adjunct technologies include LightSPEC™ spray quality monitoring (SQM) modules and PurCO2 CO2 purification and delivery systems. LightSPEC uses a laser to monitor key aspects of micronized CO2 sprays including spray particle density, plume geometry, particle injection rate, propellant air pressure, and propellant air temperature. PurCO2 systems provide a continuous supply of clean CO2 from a remote bulk supply of low pressure (typically 300 psig) liquid CO2. These systems are modular and scalable to supply pure CO2 gas, liquid, or supercritical fluid at various capacities, pressures, temperatures, and qualities.
WHAT DO OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
The purpose of surface cleaning is to remove deposits that might cause damage through abrasion, absorption of acidic gases, or serve as medium for mould growth.
Simple dry cleaning of surfaces using erasers and sponges requires contact with surface which might also cause alteration of surface properties (flattening, eraser residues). With respect to basic requirement to avoid material degradation an alternative non-contact method might be CO2 snow jet cleaning performed using a Precision Spray Cleaning Pen (SnoPen SP 2000, Cleanlogix).
Artificialy soiled samples of wood-based and cotton-based paper were cleaned by the CO2 snow jet with a carbon dioxide flow rate of 3.0 g/s and a nitrogen flow rate of 1.4 l/s and by the nitrogen jet at the same flow rate. Paralel samples were cleaned by traditional mechanical cleaning methods. The effect of treatment was evaluated by optical microscopy.
The results showed that the CO2 snow jet cleaning effectively removed particles in the lower layers of the paper surface, including interfiber spaces.
The CO2 snow jet cleaning compared with the mechanical dry cleaning showed similar effectiveness without any adverse effects on the paper surface. It was proved that the CO2 snow technique is a suitable method for cleaning common types of paper materials.
As a company that produces products of the highest quality, CICOIL chooses Clean Imagineering for the following reasons.
- Reliability: Clean Imagineering has proven itself by consistently delivering products of the highest quality;
- Flexibility: Clean Imagineering friendly staff is very willing to work with us to tailor their processes/procedures to meet our stringent requirements;
- Cost: Clean Imagineering is able to process larger batches than their competitor, therefore providing significant cost savings for CICOIL;
- Location: This not only saves time and money on shipping, but also allows CICOIL to support our local economy;
- Knowledge: When faced with a new and particularly hard to remove contaminant, we were able to draw upon Clean Imagineering's vast experience and knowledge to provide us with a solution.