APPLICATION OF ICE POWDER IN BIOMEDICAL AND FOOD INDUSTRIES

摘要

The objective of this work is to investigate the applicability of ice powder blasting in material processing and tool cleaning in biomedical and food industries. The laboratory scale prototype of the sought device was constructed and tested for cleaning and peeling of fruits, vegetables, and animal skin tissue. In the course of performed experiments it has been shown that the air-ice particle stream can be generated and applied for processing of bio materials and food. Potential applications and constraints of ice blasting technology are discussed.