Dry Ice Blasting
C-Axis offers dry ice blasting as a precision cleaning method for medical device components that require debris removal without chemicals, abrasives, or surface damage. This environmentally responsible process uses CO₂ pellets to lift and remove contaminants from intricate geometries, internal passages, and delicate features. Dry ice blasting ensures parts remain clean, biocompatible, and ready for finishing or final assembly.
Our dry ice blasting process provides a safe, effective, and residue-free cleaning solution ideal for sensitive medical device components. With no secondary waste and minimal impact on material surfaces, the process preserves dimensional integrity and cosmetic appearance while improving cleanliness. C-Axis integrates dry ice blasting with machining, finishing, and inspection workflows to ensure thorough, consistent results across each production run.
Advantages:
- Non-abrasive cleaning that preserves critical dimensions and surface finishes
- No chemical residue or secondary waste, making it ideal for medical applications
- Effective debris removal from complex geometries and hard-to-reach areas
- Environmentally responsible CO₂-based cleaning method
- Safe for delicate components including micro-machined and laser-processed features
- Improves downstream finishing performance such as electropolishing and passivation
- Consistent results supported by controlled processes and inspection
- Compatible with stainless steel, titanium, nitinol, and other medical alloys
Examples of Dry Ice Blasting Applications
- Cleaning intricate implantable components prior to finishing
- Removing machining chips, oils, and residues from tight-tolerance features
- Preparing surgical and minimally invasive components for assembly
- Debris removal from micro-geometries such as slots, holes, grooves, and cavities
- Surface cleaning for laser-cut tubes and EDM components
- Environmentally safe cleaning for prototype and production parts
Other Capabilities
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We look at C-Axis 360 as an opportunity for our customers to save weeks of development time by having their project team come into our facility. Here they are assigned a C-Axis team (an Engineer, Technician, and Machinist) to work with to complete multiple iterations in one sitting, helping to improve the R&D timeline. Instead of doing things in series, our customers can do multiple potential design iterations in parallel and save six or seven weeks in their NPD cycles. — Olson