Comparison of CLeaning Techniques

The comparison table below shows how the various cleaning techniques compare to one another. You'll notice the advantages the laser cleaning method has compared to other popular cleaning methods like dry-ice blasting, sand blasting and glass bead blasting to name a few.

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Cleaning Technique	Laser cleaning	Dry Ice	Sand	Glass Beads	Walnut Shells	Water	Steam	Solvents
Waste for Disposal	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Abrasive	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Toxic waste	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Electrically Conductive	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Comsumable needed	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Other gear requiered	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Preparation intensive	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Environment friendly	Yes	CO2 No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Noisy	Very Low	Very High	Very High	Very High	High	High	Medium	Low
Vibration	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Medium	No
Dry process	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Hazardous	Low	High	Very High	Very High	Very High	High	High	Medium
Cause airborne particules	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
At-line-online cleaning	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Work on hot or cold surface	Yes	Sometime	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Extra Nozzle or tools to shape flow	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Performance Comparison	Excellent	Great	Ok	Ok	Limited	Ok	Poor	Limited