For effective sandblasting work, it has become mandatory to know about the sandblasting machine’s equipment and its operation processes. If you are an owner of a company or your job profile is related to sandblasting work, you must read this article. In this article, we are going to cover almost all the details related to sandblasting machine equipment and its work processes. But before we describe it let me also tell you something more about it. Sandblasting is also called as Abrasive blasting. There are several variants of its a process, such as a bead blasting, sandblasting, shot blasting and soda blasting, etc.

Sandblasting Machines Operation:

Abrasive blasting is a method of propelling abrasive using compressed gas or pressurized liquid as the propellant. There are numerous generic terms for this application usually it is related to the abrasive media used. General terms include sandblasting, shot blasting, bead blasting and soda blasting.

The Sand Blasting Operation Requires a Diversity of Equipment:

Portable Blast Equipment:

The pressurized vessel is mostly used in applications involving that contains the abrasive and meters it into the compressed air stream. Wet blasting is performed by including the abrasive into a pressurized water stream or creating a slurry of abrasive media and water that is pressurized or introduced into a compressed air stream.

Automated Blasting:

It is an automated blasting that provides surface preparation and coating applications under cover to minimize the effects nature can have on prepared steel, with minimum or no impact on the environment.

Blast Cabinet:

A typical blast cabinet, it is consists of four components; the containment, the abrasive blasting system, the abrasive recycling system, and the dust collection. Essentially it is a closed-loop system by that an operator can blast the part and also recycle the abrasive. The operator blasts the parts from the outside of the cabinet by placing his arms in gloves attached to glove holes on the cabinet, a view window for the viewing the component and, typically, turning the blast on and off using a foot pedal or treadle.

Sand Blasting Method

The abrasive media is collected in the pressure vessel then sealed. It is metered into the blast hose and moved by the compressed gas through the blast nozzle. It is typically used to produce a surface profile when the frictional heat of dry blasting would damage the part.

There are Methods for Sandblasting :-

• Wheel Blasting
• Hydro-Blasting
• Blast Room
• Micro-Abrasive Blasting