Abrasive blast rooms are a safe and effective way to prepare your metal for finishing. By using an abrasive blast room, your business can save time, money, and the environment by recovering and recycling abrasive materials time and time again. Abrasive blasting is used for removing mill scale, a prior coating (paint), and rust from a metal component so it can be restored or re-coated. Abrasive blasting will blends the surface for an even texture.
What Is a Blast Room?
Abrasive blast rooms or blast booths are large chambers designated for storing abrasive blast pots, collecting abrasive leftovers, and recycling the blast abrasive. A blast room consists of an enclosure that prevents fine abrasive material from entering the outside air and a system designed to reclaim your abrasive material.
After the leftover abrasive is recovered, it is moved to a recovery system that separates dust from the residues so the high-quality abrasives can be reused. Through the use of an abrasive blast room, you can save money by efficiently recovering and reusing abrasive material that is still worth reusing.
Product Description
A blast room consists of the following components:
Blast enclosure: It prevents abrasive material from escaping and entering the outside air. Blasting system: It contains abrasive materials and pressurized air , with valves that allow workers to stop and start the flow. Sandblasting booths are a popular choice.
Abrasive recovery system: It automatically recovers leftover abrasive from blasting and sweeps or sucks it into a dust collector.
Dust collector: Filters indoor air to keep particulate matter from escaping into the outside air. Recycling station: Sorts through leftover abrasive to separate the fine dust from quality high-grit abrasive that can be reused.
How Do Abrasive Blast Rooms Work?
Abrasive blasting can be performed manually by using abrasive blasting hoses and nozzles specific for each project type. Mechanical abrasive blasting rigs that are operated automatically on tracks are also available. During abrasive blasting, unfinished products can be stripped of paint, mold, and rust to create a smooth and even surface ready for finishing. As abrasive blasting is performed, the abrasive and fine particles of dust fall to the floor.
After the blasting is complete, the leftover abrasive material left on the floor is gathered by a recovery system. There are several options for recovery systems, some of which use sweepers, moving walls, air jets, or even moving floors to gather all material into a recycling system. Upon reaching the recycling system, fine particles and dust are removed from the mixture, leaving the remaining high-quality abrasive material clean and ready to be placed back in the blasting pot. Blasting rooms can be customized to best suit your product needs. They can be outfitted with manual blasting hoses, rail blasting systems, and various types of recovery systems. With ample options for customization, there is no one-size-fits-all blasting room.
Partial Blast Chamber in Shipping Containers: Picture a shipping container where part of it is your blasting chamber, and the rest houses the dust collector. It's like having a compact, all-in-one solution. The container provides ventilation, and the abrasive recycling system is just outside, with a feed hopper inside for easy manual shoveling of spent abrasive.
Full Blast Chamber in Shipping Containers: In this setup, the entire container becomes your blast chamber, with the abrasive reclamation and ventilation systems neatly positioned at the rear. It's a smart use of space, giving you a dedicated area for blasting operations. By understanding these components and setups, you'll have a blast room that's efficient, safe, andperfectly tailored to yourneeds. Let's make sure your operations run like a well-oiled machine.
Key Considerations:
1.Workpiece Dimensions and Weight: Think of the largest and heaviest items you'll be blasting.
We need to make sure everything fits like a glove.
2.Production Volume: How much work do you plan to get done? Whether it's a steady stream or a
flood, we'll match the capacity to your pace.
3.Operators and Shifts: How many hands will be on deck, and how many shifts are you running?
This info helps us design an efficient setup.
4.Abrasive Media Type: The type of abrasive media you'll use is crucial. We want to choose the
right one for your specific tasks.
5.Installation Site: Any size constraints or unique site conditions? We'll tailor the design to fit
perfectly, no matter the space.
6.Existing Equipment: Got work handling equipment already in place? We'll integrate it seamlessly
to save you time and money.
7.Compressed Air Supply: What's the scope of your compressed air supply? We need this to ensure
the system runs smoothly.
8.Electrical Supply: Different setups require different electrical considerations. Let's get it right
from the start.
9.System Integration: Need your blast room to work well with other equipment, like a paint room?
We'll make sure everything harmonizes.
10.Budget: We respect your budget and will design a solution