The technique that no metal industry purchaser can function without is shot blasting. It is used in almost every industry that uses metal such as aerospace, construction, automotive, foundry, rail, shipbuilding, and many more. A shot blasting machine is used to clean, and induce strength also known as shot peening, or polish metal surfaces. The process of blasting has become an indispensable aspect of the metal building and steel structure industry. This blasting technique provides some major benefits for the protection and maintenance of steel and metal products. Before you take a look at the advantages of a shot blasting machine let us take a glance at the working principle that makes this technique such an important part of the metal industry.
Airless Shot Blasting Machine Working: As part of this technique of blasting, a controlled stream of abrasive media shot material is propelled toward the metallic or steel surface that needs to be shot blasted with. There is a blast wheel that is located at the heart of the machine. As soon as the rotation of the wheel starts, the metallic abrasives or the shot media are channelized towards its center. From this position onwards, the abrasive media are accelerated and hurled into the direction of the surface which is being prepared for finishing. After the completion of this process, the contaminants, as well as the media, make a rebound into a separation system that contains the dust collection system. Just like the name suggests, the industrial dust collector is responsible for collecting or removing the media that is pulverized, contaminants or dust. The remaining media gets recycled by returning it to the storage hopperwhere the particles can be kept for using them in the future.
Air-Operated Shot Blasting Machine Working: In the air-operated shot blasting machine we use the air compressor for propelling the abrasive media and blast to the surfaces. First, we load the abrasive media into the blasting hopper through a wire mesh and then turn on the air compressor for the compressed air. After compressed air goes into the hopper and creates high pressure in the hopper. In the pressure blasting cabinet, we use a pressure pot and in the suction blasting cabinet, we use a suction blasting y gun to throw the abrasive media to the surfaces. We are a supplier of all types of air-operated shot-blasting machine such as portable shot-blasting machine, shot-blasting cabinet, dustless blasting machine, and many more and all of these machines working is similarly.
The blasting process involves the use of two technologies:
After developing a keen knowledge of the process ofshot blasting, let us understand how its machine functions: Theshot blasting machinemakes use of a mechanical method of propelling abrasive using a centrifugal wheel to remove a layer of the surface and impurities from the surface of metal and steel products. There are three basic purposes that require the need to blast before finishing the product:
This machine is used to remove unwanted corrosion and metallic waste on the surface of finished goods. This is done for making the surface uniform and to make it smoother for a better finish after paint or other applications. The process also works for cleaning rust, the roughness of the surface, and further fabrication.