The accumulation of ink and grease on printing machines can lead to alignment issues and high waste rates. Additionally, blockages in ventilation slots and material build-up on other components can decrease printing speed. Typically, traditional methods of cleaning away deposits (such as using chemical detergents) are postponed as long as possible to avoid prolonged downtime. The DS Jet process achieves safe and efficient online cleaning in just a fraction of the time required by traditional methods.

In a typical cleaning process, manually scrubbing a piece of equipment would take 20-30 labor hours. With DS Jet dry ice blasting, the same equipment can be cleaned in less than two hours. With such speed and efficiency, there is no longer a need for shutdowns to perform cleaning. Cleaning during equipment changeovers, which is now the most cost-effective approach, can significantly improve productivity.

DS Jet dry ice blasting eliminates the use of harmful solvents, scrapers, chisels, and sandpaper, and does not require equipment disassembly, thereby reducing many direct and indirect costs such as downtime, poor print quality,