Item |
Laser Cleaning |
Chemical Cleaning |
Mechanical Polish |
Dry Ice (CO2) Cleaning |
Ultrasonic cleaning |
Cleaning Method |
Laser and non-contact type |
Chemical agent, Contact Cleaning |
Mechanical/ abrasive paper, contact cleaning |
Dry Ice (CO2), non-contact type |
Cleaning agent, Contact type |
Hurt for workpiece |
No damage |
With damage |
With damage |
No damage |
No damage |
Cleaning Efficiency |
High |
Low |
Low |
Medium |
Medium |
Consumable |
Just with Electricity |
Chemical cleaning agent |
Abrasive paper grinding wheel, oilstone |
Dry Ice (CO2) |
Special Cleaning Agent |
Effective |
Excellent with high cleanliness |
Common, Non-uniform |
Common, Non-uniform |
Excellent, non-uniform |
Excellent, small cleaning area |
Accuracy |
Precise Control, High Accuracy |
Non-control, Lowe Accuracy |
Non-control, Common Accuracy |
Non-control, Lowe Accuracy |
Cannot clear in special place |
Safety / Pollution |
No Pollution |
Environment Pollution |
Environment Pollution |
No Pollution |
No Pollution |
Handling by workers |
Simple Operation, Handheld / Automation |
Complex process, it’s with high requirement for operator, must have preventive measure |
With much labor cost and must have preventive measure |
Simple Operation, Handheld / Automation |
Simple Operation, but must add consumables |
Cost Comparison |
High first Investment, No consumables, Low Maintenance Cost |
Low first investment, Extremely |
High Consumables cost High first Investment, high consumables cost & high labor cost |
Medium first Investment, high consumables cost |
Low first investment, Medium Consumables cost |