SPONGE- JET

1. The Clean Air Act and attendant state regulations severely limit the use of VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) for cleaning of facilities, equipment and parts.

SPONGEJET technology uses a specially engineered and highly absorbent particles of urethane sponge to effectively remove, capture and contain contaminants. No VOC’s are used.

2. The Clean Water Act and attendant state regulations prohibit the discharge of potentially contaminated water resulting from water-bearing cleaning technologies from discharge into the environment.

SPONGEJET process employs an absorbent cleaning sponge, which results in no liquid release.

3. Conventional surface cleaning technologies used in removal of lead containing paints and other hazardous materials often produce hazardous dust, unless significant amounts of water are used for dust control.

The SPONGEJET media can be lightly dampened before use, thus providing excellent dust control during surface cleaning operations without producing free water.

4. Many cleaning technologies produce significant amounts of special and hazardous wastes, which must be specially treated for disposal.

SPONGEJET media is recyclable up to 10 times before break-down occurs. The sponge reclamation Sifter and Wash Unit remove and concentrate cleaning waste for further consolidation and solidification without significant labor expenditures or use of complicated technologies.

5. In-depth cleaning of radiologically contaminated tools, equipment and structures is often labor intensive and normally involves manual cleaning techniques, which result in vital worker exposure.

Use of specifically designed and adapted SPONGEJET equipment and sponge media permits rapid radiological cleanups to be performed with greatly reduced worker exposures.


Stip 1 Choose from among the abrasive impacts of aluminum oxide, steel grit, staurolite, or garnet sponge medias. Select the media you wish to clean - oxide, paint or dirt. Project the sponge media towards it varying the air pressure for the tailoring of the cleaning intensity of the job. The sponge media impacts the selected surface contracting, and gradually releasing all of its kinetic energy. By contracting, the abrasive particles crash against the surface fracturing the oxide or paint and a part of the metal base, depending on the particles abrasive power.
Stip 2 Low density sponge particles absorb blast energy and suppress contaminants on impact, significantly reducing bounce-back , dust and overblast damage. The removed contaminant and sponge are close to the blast site, reducing clean up time. SpongeJet also uses classification of the reusable sponge media to reduce and compact wastes for less expensive disposals.


PROBLEMS		SOLUTIONS
1. The Clean Air Act and attendant state regulations severely limit the use of VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) for cleaning of facilities, equipment and parts.		SPONGEJET technology uses a specially engineered and highly absorbent particles of urethane sponge to effectively remove, capture and contain contaminants. No VOC’s are used.
2. The Clean Water Act and attendant state regulations prohibit the discharge of potentially contaminated water resulting from water-bearing cleaning technologies from discharge into the environment.		SPONGEJET process employs an absorbent cleaning sponge, which results in no liquid release.
3. Conventional surface cleaning technologies used in removal of lead containing paints and other hazardous materials often produce hazardous dust, unless significant amounts of water are used for dust control.		The SPONGEJET media can be lightly dampened before use, thus providing excellent dust control during surface cleaning operations without producing free water.
4. Many cleaning technologies produce significant amounts of special and hazardous wastes, which must be specially treated for disposal.		SPONGEJET media is recyclable up to 10 times before break-down occurs. The sponge reclamation Sifter and Wash Unit remove and concentrate cleaning waste for further consolidation and solidification without significant labor expenditures or use of complicated technologies.
5. In-depth cleaning of radiologically contaminated tools, equipment and structures is often labor intensive and normally involves manual cleaning techniques, which result in vital worker exposure.		Use of specifically designed and adapted SPONGEJET equipment and sponge media permits rapid radiological cleanups to be performed with greatly reduced worker exposures.