Monthly Archives: October 2021

Could your industry benefit from a sandblasting machine?

Sandblasting is the process of hurling abrasive media towards a surface at high speed to achieve a certain finish. There are two types used:

• Reusable abrasive – the most economical option of the two and includes steel grit, aluminium oxide, glass bead and steel shot.
• Expendable abrasive – typically used for open blasting where the blast media isn’t recovered or reused. Examples being iron silicate, garnet, olivine, stonegrit, and JBlast SC (a type of calcium silicate synthetic).

For many industry professionals, the sandblasting machine is an essential piece of equipment in the blast room – particularly for cleaning, deburring, and removing layers of paint and other coatings. There are various machines available and they all work differently. But for the most part, they propel media through a nozzle, via compressed air from an air

Regular exposure to airborne toxic materials is a very real hazard in the finishing industry, whether you work in the paint shop, powder coating, or industrial spraying environment.

Harmful particulate can be easily inhaled into the lungs and have serious (sometimes fatal) consequences. Therefore, it’s crucial that you have the appropriate respiratory protection, including an air-fed mask.

What is an air-fed mask?

Simply put, an air-fed mask is a welding helmet with a built-in respirator.

It uses a battery-powered fan to provide clean air to the user and prevents contaminated particles from being passed through the filter. As a result, it provides maximum protection against dust, dirt, and other potentially harmful fragments.

Though air-fed masks are mostly used in the workplace, they’re also suitable for use at home – particularly by users who carry out welding tasks, or use materials that generate a lot