At one end, using an excessively hard abrasive wastes money by wearing it down when a cheaper, less hard abrasive would suffice.

Driving and disposing of the car further pollutes 1.1 billion cubic metres of air and adds 18.4 kilograms of abrasive waste.

If more widely used, CryoJet may produce a drastic reduction in the amount of abrasive waste spill currently produced during the water jet cutting process, as no mineral abrasive is used by this technology.

Designed to take the hard work out of tank cleaning, the abrasive waste removal system collects used abrasive from the cutting stream via a tray fitted to the bottom of the TECHJET tank.