The suitability of standard meat conveyor belt materials for CO2 pellet cleaning

20 December 2018
Focus area: Hands-off processing
Program stream: Advanced manufacturing
Project number: 2018-1052
The project assessed the suitability of dry-ice blasting for polymer-based conveyor belts used in the meat processing industry.

Investigations were undertaken to determine the effects of thermal variations on impact resistance of polypropylene, acetal, and high-density polyethylene.

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