David Jackson
David Jackson, aka The CO2 Guy, is Founder and President of CleanLogix LLC and Clean Imagineering LLC, based in Santa Clarita, California. David’s companies work in partnership to manufacture and distribute synergistic clean manufacturing products and services for precision cleaning, hard machining, thermal control, value extraction, precision drying, sample testing, process fluids supply and management, and smart manufacturing. David also serves as Clean Manufacturing Consultant to Hitachi High-Tech, Japan, to develop and deploy Hitachi-brand CO2 enabled precision cleaning and metalworking fluid products (clean solutions) for high-volume and high-reliability product manufacturing. David began his career as group head of precision cleaning and contamination control at Hughes Aircraft Company in the 1980’s. There he developed the first CO2-based precision cleaning techniques as chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) solvent replacement processes for use in the production of advanced aerospace communications and warfare devices. David holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, has authored or co-authored numerous technical articles and presentations, and has been issued more than 40 patents worldwide. David has developed and commercialized more than twenty clean manufacturing products utilizing environmentally-safe and renewable chemistries including CO2, hydrogen peroxide, ozone, bio-based hydrocarbons, and atmospheric plasma. Over the past 35 years, David’s unique expertise and innovations have provided numerous Fortune 100 and 500 manufacturing companies worldwide with cost- and performance-effective tools to improve product quality, increase productivity, reduce manufacturing waste, lower cost of production, and improve the environmental quality in their factories. • Renewable Chemistries for Precision Cleaning, Machining Processes, and Value Extractions • Centrifugal, Microwave, and Ultrasonic-Assisted Cleaning and Extraction Processes • Cleaning, Cooling, and Lubrication Processes using Solid, Liquid, Plasma, and Supercritical CO2 • Non-contact Surface Analysis Methods • Atmospheric Plasma Surface Treatment Methods • Manufacturing Waste Minimization Assessments • Cleaning Process Development and Cleanliness Validation • 3D Product Design and Fabrication • PLC/iPC Control Panel and Software Development • Robotic Process Automation • Contract Cleaning Services • Smart Manufacturing Consulting
The CO2 Backstory
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Universal
Abundant and Natural
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an abundant, natural, and renewable manufacturing resource. To begin with, you are a CO2 production plant. Shown in Figure 1-1, with each breathe of air, comprising about 78% Nitrogen (N2) and 21% Oxygen (O2), you expire a small amount of CO2 gas along with unused N2 gas, water vapor (H2O), and organic (carbon-based) vapors as metabolic by-products. Over the course of a day, you produce about 2.3 lbs. of gaseous CO2 [1]. This equates to filling a little over two 16 ounce water bottles with liquid carbon dioxide each and every day. Over a year, you fill nearly two 55 gallon drums. Over your lifetime, you will fill more than fifteen average-sized hot tubs – about 8,000 gallons of liquid CO2!
David Jackson
Aug 8, 2020 7:20:53 AM
