Explore our dry ice blasting services across nine sectors. Select any service to expand the full detail.
Production Machinery, Precision Engineering & Tooling and Plastics & Injection Moulding.
Production machinery can often be treated in place, removing grease, oil, carbon and process build-up without introducing water or secondary blast media. This can reduce strip-down, improve access for inspection and help maintenance teams return equipment to service sooner.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Machine tools, jigs, fixtures and precision tooling can collect coolant, grease, carbon and other process residue in areas that are difficult to reach by hand. Dry ice blasting gets into complex shapes and detailed areas without water or abrasive blast media, supporting maintenance, inspection and preparation while helping protect critical surfaces.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Injection moulds, vents and tooling can be treated to remove release agents, polymer and resin build-up, off-gassing residue and other process contamination. Dry ice blasting reaches detailed mould areas without introducing water or secondary blast media.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Printing Presses, Rollers & Cylinders and Packaging & Converting Equipment.
Printing presses can build up layers of ink, coatings, grease and production residue around frames, trays and internal components. Dry ice blasting can remove this build-up with more of the press left in place where suitable, reducing manual cleaning and unnecessary strip-down during planned maintenance.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Rollers and cylinders can be treated to remove ink, adhesive, coatings and process residue from detailed surfaces. Because dry ice blasting adds no water or secondary blast media, it supports inspection, maintenance and preparation without creating additional blasting-media clean-up.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Packaging and converting equipment often collects adhesive, ink, paper dust and production residue around rollers and hard-to-reach machine areas. Dry ice blasting can remove this build-up without water or secondary blast media, reducing labour-intensive manual cleaning during planned maintenance.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Switchgear & Control Panels, Motors & Transformers and Power Generation & Substations.
Switchgear, control panels and electrical assemblies can collect dust, carbon, grease and process contamination in detailed areas that are difficult to clean by hand. Dry ice blasting is a dry, non-conductive process that introduces no water or secondary blast media.
Suitability: Electrical equipment is assessed individually, with isolation and site-specific electrical safety requirements confirmed before work begins.
Motors, transformers and generators can be treated to remove carbon, oil, dust and built-up contamination from windings, housings, cooling fins and other detailed areas. The dry process introduces no water or abrasive blast media, helping prepare equipment for inspection and planned maintenance.
Suitability: Electrical equipment is assessed individually, with isolation and site-specific electrical safety requirements confirmed before work begins.
Power-generation and distribution equipment can collect carbon, oil, dust and environmental build-up over time. Dry ice blasting removes suitable contamination without adding water or secondary blast media, making it useful during planned outages, inspection and maintenance work.
Suitability: Electrical equipment is assessed individually, with isolation and site-specific electrical safety requirements confirmed before work begins.
Production Equipment and Conveyors & Production Lines.
Food and beverage equipment can be treated to remove grease, oils, carbonised deposits, food residue and production build-up from detailed machinery and difficult-access areas. The process is dry and non-abrasive and introduces no water or secondary blast media. Where suitable, equipment can remain in place, reducing strip-down during shutdowns, maintenance and changeovers.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins, including site hygiene, production and contamination-control requirements.
Conveyors, chains, belts and line equipment can collect food residue, grease, oils and production build-up in hard-to-reach areas. Dry ice blasting can remove this contamination without introducing water or secondary blast media and can reduce unnecessary strip-down during planned maintenance, shutdowns and changeovers.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins, including site hygiene, production and contamination-control requirements.
Agricultural Machinery, Construction & Heavy Plant and Fleet & Commercial Vehicles.
Agricultural machinery often carries crop residue, grease and oil around engines, drivetrains, hydraulics and other mechanical areas. Dry ice blasting can remove suitable build-up without water or secondary blast media, helping with inspection, maintenance and fault finding. Removing dry crop debris from appropriate areas around hot or moving components can also support routine fire-risk management.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Construction machinery and heavy plant can accumulate grease, oil, bitumen and heavy build-up around chassis, engines, hydraulics and mechanical assemblies. Dry ice blasting exposes these areas for inspection, maintenance and repair without introducing water or secondary blast media. ICEWORKS can work at suitable yards, workshops and construction sites using our mobile setup and onboard power.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Commercial vehicles and fleet assets can be treated around chassis, engine bays, drivetrains, suspension and other mechanical areas to remove grease, oil, road grime and operational contamination. The process introduces no water or secondary blast media and helps with inspection, maintenance, fault finding and vehicle preparation. Suitable work can be carried out at workshops, yards and depots using our mobile setup.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins, with the treatment method adapted to the asset, contamination and required outcome.
Marine and Aviation & Aerospace.
Marine growth, salt, oil, grease and carbon can build up across hulls, machinery and working areas of a vessel. Dry ice blasting can treat suitable hull, superstructure and mechanical surfaces without introducing water or secondary blast media. Where testing confirms suitability, it can also remove algae, barnacles, antifouling and selected coatings ahead of inspection, repair or recoating.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins, including the substrate, coating or contamination, required finish and vessel-specific requirements. Test areas may be used where coating response or substrate condition is uncertain.
Aviation and aerospace components, tooling and production equipment can collect carbon, grease, oil, adhesives, sealants and process residue in detailed areas. Dry ice blasting is dry and non-abrasive, helping remove suitable contamination without water or secondary blast media and supporting inspection, preparation, maintenance and manufacturing work.
Suitability: Aviation and aerospace applications are assessed individually against the component, substrate, contamination and required outcome, with relevant site, maintenance and engineering requirements confirmed before work begins.
Buildings & Facilities, Masonry, Brick & Coatings and Timber & Heritage.
Plant rooms, building services, ductwork and structural areas can collect grease, oil, carbon, dust and operational build-up over time. Dry ice blasting can treat suitable building areas and difficult-access infrastructure without introducing water or secondary blast media, supporting maintenance, inspection and preparation.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins.
Paint, selected coatings, graffiti and surface contamination can be removed from suitable brick, masonry and concrete without adding water or abrasive blast media. Pressure, ice feed and nozzle choice are adjusted to the surface and required result, making the process useful where original finish or detail needs to be retained.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins. Test areas may be used where the surface or coating response is uncertain.
Timber, beams and heritage features can be treated to remove surface contamination, weathered build-up, paint and selected coatings without introducing water or abrasive blast media. Pressure, ice fragmentation and nozzle choice are adjusted to the surface and required result, helping preserve original detail where suitable.
Suitability: Each project is assessed for suitability before work begins. Representative testing is used where the surface condition, staining or coating response is uncertain.
Fire & Smoke Damage and Structural & Asset Recovery.
Soot, char and smoke residue can be removed from suitable timber, brick, masonry, steel and other structural surfaces without adding water to an already damaged area. Dry ice blasting can reach grain, joints and awkward spaces, helping expose the surface for inspection and the next stage of remediation. Heat damage or odour held deep within porous materials may still need additional specialist treatment.
Suitability: Fire-damage projects are assessed individually according to the surface, type and extent of contamination and required outcome.
After fire or other contamination, dry ice blasting can help recover suitable structures, machinery and affected assets by removing surface residue from timber, masonry, metal and equipment. This exposes the condition underneath for inspection and can prepare surfaces for repair, sealing, refinishing or reinstatement. It remains one stage within a wider remediation process where other specialist work may still be needed.
Suitability: Each project is assessed according to the affected asset, surface, contamination and required recovery or reinstatement outcome.
Classic & Historic, Performance & Prestige and Specialist Motorcycles.
Classic and historic vehicles often hide years of road grime, grease, oil and old underseal around the underbody, chassis and mechanical areas. Dry ice blasting can remove suitable contamination and selected coatings without water or abrasive blast media, revealing the condition underneath so owners and restorers can decide what needs repair, preservation or protection next.
Suitability: Each vehicle is assessed according to its condition, materials, existing coatings and required outcome before treatment begins.
Performance and prestige vehicles benefit from a process that can reach detailed areas without soaking the vehicle or adding secondary blast media. Engine bays, underbodies, wheel arches, suspension and drivetrains can be treated to remove built-up grime and contamination, improve inspection access and prepare the vehicle for preservation or further work where required.
Suitability: Each vehicle and treatment area is assessed individually according to the materials, contamination and required finish.
See the dry ice blasting process in action:
Watch the processMotorcycles have exposed engines, frames and mechanical parts where grease, oil, road grime and chain residue collect around fins, joints and tight spaces. Dry ice blasting can reach these areas without adding water or secondary blast media. Each bike is assessed first so the treatment can be matched to its materials, finishes and required result.
Suitability: Each motorcycle is assessed according to its materials, finishes, contamination and required outcome before treatment begins.
See the dry ice blasting process in action:
Watch the processSuitable for both industrial projects and specialist restoration work.