Abrasive blasting with a variety of media types is not new to industry however the pervasive use of poorly designed manual systems at all levels of manufacturing and overhaul is incredible. Hours and hours of labor revenue are seen lost on manual blasting while thick, unhealthy layers of dust cover the working environment.

Basically, abrasive blasting is the delivery of media such as aluminum oxide, plastic, glass, or others at high velocity through a nozzle. Compressed air is required to create a suction effect or a pressure effect. Dust is created in all blasting as the media degrades and the substrate is abraded.

Suction Systems: These units are most common as they are less costly to produce. Simply designed, compressed air flowing through a nozzle with a venturi draws media and delivers it to the part at the air pressure of the compressor.

Pressure systems: These units have a pressure pot system to allow for increased pressure and therefore higher delivery impact of the media. Speed is usually the benefit of pressure systems over suction systems, while the requirement to allow the pot to refill complicates automated blasting engineering.

Indexing systems save you revenue!

The impact of the media with the soil, or substrate, produces white metal in the case of rusted parts, or applies a “frosted” look to glass and anything in between. Why blast by hand?

ACT specializes in designing automated systems to rapidly produce finished parts with a very consistent and uniform finish, without extreme health hazards caused by escaping dust.

Dust is bad! Our systems pull dust through filters vs. pushing it through. As your push-through system gets loaded with dust, the only way to operate is to push dust out of the closed system into the environment. Our design continues to pull the dust through the collector regardless of the dust load. Your plant is cleaner, safer, and continually producing.