Industry

Manufacturing

Clean in-place, in-production. No disassembly. No abrasive cleanup. No silica exposure. No OSHA paperwork. Eliminate the unplanned downtime that surface-prep scheduling creates.

The Challenge

The average facility experiences 25 unplanned downtime incidents per month, adding up to 326 hours of lost production per year (OxMaint 2026). Emergency repairs cost 4.8x more than planned maintenance. A significant share of this downtime traces back to surface-prep scheduling: pulling equipment offline for cleaning, waiting for blast containment setup, and dealing with media contamination of adjacent production areas.
Traditional cleaning methods force a choice: shut down the line to blast, or defer maintenance until a scheduled shutdown window. Both options cost money. Laser cleaning eliminates this choice by operating in-place, in-production, without contaminating adjacent equipment or requiring containment infrastructure.

Applications

USE CASE 01

Mold Cleaning

Remove release agents and residue without cooling down the molds. Maximize throughput and part quality. No disassembly from the press.
USE CASE 02

Weld Prep

Clean oxide layers and contaminants for high-integrity bonds. Critical for aerospace and automotive aluminum welding.
USE CASE 03

Tool Restoration

Restore precision tooling to factory specs. Non-contact cleaning prevents dimensional changes caused by grinding or abrasives.
Hours/year avg unplanned downtime
0
Emergency vs planned repair cost
0 x
Media contamination cleanup
$ 0
Production lines shut down
0

"We clean in-place, in-production. No disassembly. No abrasive cleanup. No silica exposure. No OSHA paperwork."

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Laser cleaning operates in-place without blast media, chemical fumes, or dust clouds. Adjacent production lines continue operating. We clean molds in the press, equipment on the line, and structural steel overhead while your facility stays in production.

Molds typically need cleaning every 500-2,000 cycles depending on the material and process. Weld fixtures benefit from monthly cleaning. Structural steel in corrosive environments should be inspected and cleaned annually. Our maintenance contracts provide scheduled recurring service at locked-in rates.

Production molds (injection, compression, stamping), weld joints, heat exchangers, conveyor systems, press tooling, machine tool beds, paint line hooks, and structural steel. We clean steel, aluminum, copper, cast iron, and tool steel.

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