GLOSSARY - SAND BLASTING

Sand Blasting

In the process of sand blasting, a blasting abrasive (sand, or nowadays mostly other materials such as
blast furnace slag, glass granulate, aluminium oxide abrasive, steel, plastic granulate, nut shells, soda,
ice crystals....) is blown with a blower or spinner onto objects to free them of rust, paint, burrs, .... or to
roughen them.
All blasting abrasives listed above are applied dry. As many blasting abrasives are hygroscopic, i.e.,
absorb dampness including air humidity, dry air is needed for sand blasting and sand blasting tanks.
Compressed air produced by a compressor can only be used for sand blasting if it has been cooled and
dried.

An alternative to sand blasting with dry blasting abrasives is so-called slurry blasting. With slurry blasting,
the blasting abrasive is enhanced with as much water as it can take up. This is comparable to a wave on
the beach, which when it flows back only leaves wet sand behind, but no excess of water. Unlike sand
blasting with dry abrasive, slurry blasting with damp or saturated blasting abrasive produces much less
dust for the workforce and for the environment. A further advantage of slurry blasting compared with
dry blasting is the reusability of the abrasive material. The process was patented in 1994 by its inventor
Hubert Busch.

Sand blasting is also used in the art world (sand blasting technique) for the treatment of objects. This
also includes the sand blasting of glass, in which sand blasting makes clear glass into matt glass either
partly or completely. e.g., for internal doors.

Mechanically
Sand blasing equipment (manual) lxbxh 1000 x 1000 x 500 mm
Glass blasting equipment (manual) l 400 mm
Hand grinding stand
Polishing stand
Degreasing lxbxh 1000 x 700 x 600 mm
Ultrasonic Cr Ni St., non-ferrous metal

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