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Sandblasting / Abrasive Blasting
Airblast recognises the needs of the surface treatment industry. Our sanblasting machines and sandblasting equipment offers all the features that the professional user requires.
- In house engineering and production
- World-wide project experience
- Standard and custom designed systems
Sandblasting (Abrasive Blasting): Industrial Surface treatment
Sandblasting, more accurately termed abrasive blasting, is a sophisticated industrial process used to clean, shape, roughen, smooth, or remove surface materials from a workpiece. This versatile technique propels abrasive media at such a high velocity, that it strips away the coating, rust or other materials from the surface. This technique uses compressed air or mechanical force. The impact of these particles leaves behind a clean and properly textured surface ready for subsequent processing.
Industrial Applications and Benefits
Industries worldwide rely on abrasive blasting for critical surface preparation tasks. The technology offers numerous advantages that make it indispensable in modern manufacturing and maintenance operations:
Surface Preparation for Coatings
Abrasive blasting creates an optimal surface profile that significantly enhances coating adhesion, extending the lifespan of protective finishes on metals, concrete, and other materials.
Contaminant Removal
The process efficiently eliminates rust, scale, old paint, oils, and other surface contaminants that would otherwise compromise material integrity or interfere with subsequent processes.
Surface Texturing
By adjusting blasting parameters, companies can achieve specific surface textures ranging from smooth finishes to roughened anchor patterns. This control allows coatings, paints, and adhesives to bond more effectively to the treated surfaces.
Stress Relief
Certain abrasive blasting techniques can induce beneficial compressive stress in metal surfaces, improving fatigue resistance and extending component life in critical applications.
Aesthetic Finishing
Beyond functional applications, abrasive blasting creates decorative finishes on metals, glass, stone, and other materials, enhancing their appearance and value.
Our core range of open sand blasting machines all feature a well designed and proven single piece remote control & dead-man handle system and silencer ensuring reduced labour costs, high efficiency of abrasive utilisation, as well as operator safety.
