Abrasives Sandblasting

Best Line Equipment has provided some of the following product to customers to use in our Clemco Sandblasters: Glass Bead, Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide, Steel Shot, Ceramic Beads, Plastic Abrasive, Agricultural Abrasive (such as walnut shells, corn cob shells), etc… Many of these media types require different types of nozzles that Clemco provides.

Applications:

• Glass Bead - blasting cabinets for honing, polishing, peening, blending, finishing, removing light burrs and cleaning most light foreign matter. For delicate thin-walled parts and thin welds, peening with glass bead abrasive material provides the right balance of stress relief without over-stressing and causing damage.

• Walnut Shell / Corn Cob (crushed) - less-aggressive media, such as Walnut Shell, will do a great job at removing paint. Walnut Shell does not generate as much heat as other media, and can be used on sheet metal and fiberglass without damaging the base material. A more common use in the Northern hemisphere is the refinishing of old and delicate log homes.

• Steel Shot - Steel shot blasting is the most widely used process for cleaning, stripping and improving a metal surface. The grade or size of steel shot will determine the ultimate finish achieved on the surface of the metal. The round ball shape of the steel shot produces a clean, smooth and polished surface through a peening action created by the acceleration of the shot. In a peening application, steel shot is also used to impart compressive strength to torque or load bearing metal parts such as crankshafts, engine turbine blades and heavy-duty springs.