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Implement lean manufacturing techniques with dry ice blasting

We are back after a short Holiday … fresh, with new strength to work harder than ever. We are half way to accomplish our annual goal. In this part of the year we will prepare a lot of surprises for you, so be prepared and stay tune! To receive more information about IceTech company and products please e-mail us at: icetech@icetechworld.com

Dry Ice Blasting in WindPower Industry.

Grease and dirt can reduce the overall productivity of a turbine and should be cleaned as part of the operator preventative maintenance program. Wind turbine cleaning can be tough... Pressure washing or cleaning by abrasive blasting won't work because it can cause corrosion and arcing. In addition, the waste would have to be contained and disposed of, what can be costly and labor intensive. Also, wind turbine equipment has to be cleaned in-place, without disassembly. Dry ice blasting is the ideal process for the wind turbine nacelle, generator, tower and rotor blades cleaning. Dry ice blasting has no secondary waste stream that needs to be contained, treated, or disposed of. There is no water to accelerate corrosion and no abrasive blast media causing long term damage. Dry Ice Blasting provides a non-conductive, environmentally responsible cleaning process that allows equipment to be cleaned in-place, without cool down or disassembly. Important: the outage time typically needed for cleaning can be reduced up to 65%. To see more dry ice blasting applications go to: http://www.icetechworld.com/energy-a-utilities.html

How cost-saving dry ice blasting can be?

In all newsletters we want to show you real benefits of using dry ice blasting machines. You may take it all with a pinch of salt but there is something that will make you believe … NUMBERS! Take a quick scan of a savings calculation prepared for a printing company who cleans their printing machines 4 times per year. They are using manual cleaning with chemicals and they need to disassemble machines before they clean. The results are clear. Click here to contact us and we will make a savings calculation for your company. Data for calculation: Current method Dry Ice Blasting Cleaning time per item (minutes) 60 30 Dry ice consumtion (based on demo) - kg per hour 30 Abrasives - kg per hour Chemicals/water used - Liter per cleaning 92 Man power - number of staff required for cleaning 8 1 Quantity of items to be cleaned 23 Number of cleanings per year 4 Costs of consumption (EUR): Dry Ice per kg 1 Abrasives per kg Chemicals/water per Liter 0,87 Labour costs per hour 30 Value of production per hour 2000 Costs of cleaning (EUR): Labour costs 240,00 15,00 Cost of Dry Ice 15,00 Cost of abrasives 0,00 Cost of chemicals/water 3,48 Total cleaning costs per item 243,48 30,00 Down time costs (total) 46 000,00 23 000,00 Waste disposal (total) 100,00 50,00 Total costs per cleaning 51 700,04 23 740,00 Total savings per cleaning job (EUR) 27 960,04 Total savings per year (EUR) 111 840,16 Investment costs 20 000,00 Return of investment (month) in EUR 2,15

Tips for Your Production How you can spot 8 Wastes in your manufactory?

A survey shows that we usually spend less than 5% of our time doing something in our working day that actually adds any value for the customer. The rest thing can be classified as waste. We all know the 8 wastes of lean by the acronym TIM WOODS: Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over Production, Over Processing, Defects and Skills. These are the activities within your company that do not add value and cost you money. Dry ice blasting helps combat the 8 wastes of lean, making it an essential component for lean manufacturing techniques. To read more, go to: http://dryicetechnology.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/dry-ice-blasting-combats-the-8-wastes-of-lean/