Steel shot
High Carbon Steel Shot
Airblast has its own production line for high quality abrasives such as steel shot with an excellent durability. In our warehouse, we keep an extensive stock of steel shot and steel grit.
Steel shot is a very cost-effective blasting media in shot blasting machines, because it can be recycled many times. Our high carbon steel shot is used to remove old coating layers, rust and mill scale from steel plates or steel profiles. The shot blasting media is also very suitable for deburring steel products and desanding in the foundry industry.
Airblast-Abrasives B.V.
Kelvinstraat 8
1704 RS Heerhugowaard
The Netherlands
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About steel shot abrasives
Grain sizes
The steel shot abrasives are available in the following grain sizes:
| Product | Size range |
| Steel Shot S110 | 0,20 – 0,60 mm |
| Steel Shot S170 | 0,40 – 0,90 mm |
| Steel Shot S230 | 0,50 – 1,00 mm |
| Steel Shot S280 | 0,60 – 1,20 mm |
| Steel Shot S330 | 0,70 – 1,40 mm |
| Steel Shot S390 | 0,90 – 1,70 mm |
| Steel Shot S460 | 1,00 – 2,00 mm |
| Steel Shot S550 | 1,20 – 2,00 mm |
| Steel Shot S660 | 1,40 – 2,40 mm |
| Steel Shot S780 | 1,70 – 2,80 mm |
High carbon steel shot has a hardness of 40 to 50 HRC and is used in the majority of the shot blasting applications, it creates a dimpled, peened surface. Only the shot’s skin suffers from the impact and very thin flakes will progressively part from the shot, which itself stays round throughout its life cycle. Our steel shot is very durable with high resistance to impact fatigue, giving it an effective and quick cleaning rate.
Our high carbon steel shot is used in various applications like; desanding, descaling, cleaning, etc. The centrifugal atomization process and double heat treatment at our production plant, as well as continues quality control measures, ensures the shot to be of the highest quality.
Specifications
| Chemical composition | (C): 0.80 – 1.20% | (Mn): 0.35 – 1.20% | (Si): ≥ 0.40 | (S): ≤ 0.05% | (P): ≤ 0.05% |
| Hardness | 40 – 50HRC, 52 – 56HRC, 56 – 60HRC | ||||
| Hardness deviation | Max. deviation ±3.0 HRC | ||||
| Microstructure | Tempered martensite or sorbite | ||||
| Density | 7.4 g/cm³ | ||||
| Bulk density | 4.4 g/cm³ | ||||
Application
| Steel Shot | Application |
| S780/SS2.5 S660/SS2.0 | Sand removal of large sized castings, scale removal of large sized products from forging, stamping, dieforging, drawing and rolling or after heat treatment (e.g. pipes, sections, plates, fittings, wire). |
| S550/SS1.7 S460/SS1.4 | Sand removal of large and medium sized castings, scale removal of forging and heat-treated work pieces, surface blast cleaning of steel plates, sections and steel structures, shot peening of work pieces, cutting of granite. |
| S390/SS1.2 S330/SS1.0 | Sand removal of medium and small sized castings, surface blast cleaning of forgings, heat-treated pieces, steel pipes, sections and steel structures, surface treatment before painting, shot peening of work pieces. |
| S280/SS0.8 S230/SS0.6 | Surface blast cleaning of small sized castings, forgings and heat-treated pieces, aluminium and copper alloy castings, steel plates, steel pipes, sections and steel structures, shot peening of work pieces. |
| S170/SS0.5 S110/SS0.3 | Surface blast cleaning of stainless steel plates, thin steel plates, non ferrous alloys, dacromet coat. |
