Dry Ice Blasting is an excellent method for cleaning contaminants, such as flux residue, dust, fluff, oil and grime from the surface of test probes. The process literally blasts particles of solid CO₂ - dry ice - at high velocity at the surface of the probes. The particles penetrate the contaminants and immediately sublime into a much larger volume of CO₂ gas.

The sudden expansion causes the contaminant to break up and be carried away, and because the dry ice sublimes upon impact, there is no media or chemicals to be disposed of.

Whereas conventional cleaning methods use either force or chemicals to remove deposits, Dry Ice Blasting is a non-abrasive process, which will not attack the probes, or the surrounding area. This allows test probes to be quickly cleaned without removal from their fixings.