How a Sydney Coffee Roaster Saved Days of Downtime with Dry Ice Blasting
Industry: Coffee Roasting
Location: Sydney, Australia
Service: Dry Ice Blasting
Duration: 1 day
Traditional Cleaning Time: 3–4 days
The Challenge: Deep Cleaning Without Downtime
One of Australia’s most respected specialty coffee brands, known for its commitment to quality and cleanliness has moved to using Dry Ice cleaning technology with Cold Jet Australia. Like many food and beverage manufacturers, they faced a recurring challenge: how to clean roasting equipment thoroughly without compromising uptime or safety.
Coffee roasting creates layers of carbonised residue, oils, and fine particulate matter that build up over time — particularly on hoppers, chutes, exhaust fans, and inside roasting chambers. Cleaning these components manually is labor-intensive and time-consuming, often requiring disassembly, scraping, chemical soaking, and long periods of equipment shutdown.
Before discovering Cold Jet, they were facing 3–4 days of downtime for a full clean using traditional methods.
The Solution: Dry Ice Blasting
Cold Jet Australia was brought in to perform a complete dry ice blasting clean of their roasting equipment and processing areas.
Unlike manual cleaning, dry ice blasting uses recycled CO₂ pellets accelerated at high speed to clean without abrasion, moisture, or chemicals. It’s completely dry, non-conductive, and safe for sensitive components — making it ideal for food-grade environments like roasting facilities.
The Results: One Day. Zero Residue. No Damage.
Our team completed the entire job in just one day — a fraction of the time traditional cleaning would take. Here’s what we achieved:
✅ Thorough clean of carbonised coffee oils, dust, and residue
✅ No equipment disassembly required
✅ Zero water or chemicals used
✅ Safe for electrical and sensitive components
✅ Food-grade sanitation levels maintained
Most importantly, the coffee roasting company avoided multiple days of lost production, while ensuring their equipment was operating at peak performance.
Why More Food & Beverage Facilities Are Switching to Dry Ice Blasting
Downtime is costly. Manual cleaning methods often require:
Harsh chemicals
Intensive labour
Days of shutdown
Dry ice blasting offers a smarter, safer, and faster alternative. It eliminates contamination risks, reduces water usage, and helps facilities stay compliant with food safety standards — all while saving time and money.
Thinking About a Faster Way to Clean?
Whether you’re in coffee roasting, baking, brewing, or food processing — we can help you clean smarter.
📞 Book a 15-minute discovery call 1300 26 53 53 or email info@coldjet.com.au
to learn how Cold Jet’s technology can work in your facility.
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