Does CO2 replace sandblasting / beadblasting / waterblasting, etc.?
They are all tools in the toolbox. Consider that there are many types of hammers: ball peen; tack; claw; sledge; and so on. Could each do the job of the other? Perhaps, but the ideal toolbox would include each, because each has specific capabilities that it does better than any of the others. Electrical utilities have progressed through the use of all of these formats particularily in substation contamination problem areas the applicability of dry ice technology lends itself to voltages to 28 kv and light contaminants. .
