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Maintenance tips for your shot blasting equipment.

We know that the shot blasting machinery is used extensively to clean hard metal and concretes. It is a hard job for the shot blast machine as they clean the metal surface and stained floors by using silica, glass beads,   cut wire abrasive media , and stainless steel balls. If you want your shot blasting machine to work for years to come without any trouble, then you should maintain it properly. It will not only improve its efficiency but also the lifespan of the machine. Regular maintenance of the shot blasting machine will also reduce the downtime and reduce the cost of repairing. In this blog, we have shared with you some points that would help you keep the machine running optimally for a long time. Create a schedule The best way to maintain a machine that is working day in and day out is by creating a maintenance schedule and then strictly sticking to it. You should know that regular small repairs of the machine are less costly than making a big repair if there is a fault.

Different material surfaces on which shot blasting can or cannot be used.

Shotblasting This popular technique is commonly used to clean, prime, or smoothen the surface of materials.You will find wide applications of shot blasting in factories and paint shops. In this process, the shot blasting machines blast thousands of stainless steel round cut wire shots or other abrasive shots on the metal surfaces to remove rusts, paints, and grease. It is also used to prime the surface of a material for further processing. This process should always be used only on hard surfaces like metals. If you use it on softer surfaces, then chances are that the material might be damaged. In this article, we will share with you the list of materials on which shot blasting can be used and on which surfaces it could be damaging. The surfaces that are ideal for using shot blasting Metal Metals surfaces are ideally cleaned through the shot blasting techniques. As the metal sheets are very hard, it is easy to remove the top layer by bombarding it with cut wire abrasive or