What kind of equipment(s) are used in sand blasting and shot blasting?

In metal industries, experts use to cut wire shots, aluminum shots, stainless steel shots, and other abrasive materials to clean the surface of different metal sheets. In this blog, we will talk about two popular methods, i.e., shot blasting and sandblasting methods as well as the equipment that is used in these two techniques. Among the two, sandblasting is faster, whereas shot blasting is a more complicated process that requires relatively advanced movement.

These two methods use completely different types of equipment and are both very effective in cleaning the surface of hard materials from rust, paints, and other contaminants. These two methods are also used for scaling and deburring and are generally used to clean the surface of the material before the finishing coat is applied.

Equipment used in the sandblasting process

1). Airblast rooms: These rooms are typically environmentally controlled from where it is easier to recover the abrasion media. It is useful for a highly productive operation.

2). Airblast tumble equipment: This includes a mill driven tumble blast machine that uses oscillating nozzles and cyclone separators. It is housed inside a rubber-lined chamber.

3). Portable blasting stations: These are mobile air blast systems that have pressure pots available in various sizes.

4). Blast cabinets, suction, and pressure: These are stationary sandblasting equipment that is available in varying sizes. It has a siphon feed system along with a balancing pressure regulator that keeps the equilibrium inside the blast cabinet.

Equipment used in shot blasting

1). Tumble blast equipment: This equipment allows continuous blasting cycles along with the recycling of abrasive materials. This equipment comes with steel flight models of various sizes and a built-in rubber belt.

2). Table blasters: These are stationary equipment that includes direct wheels that are mounted inside the blast cabinet.

3). Spinner hangers: These are direct blast wheels that have rotating spindles. It allows easier loading and unloading of abrasive materials during a blasting cycle that is on a continuous loop.

4). Hanger blast equipment: This blast system is fitted with trolleys and it is hung on a manual Y-track monorail. It is used for some specific blasting operations only.

5). Cylinder blasters: These are specific types of shot blasters that are used to clean rust and pains from different this metallic cylinder.