Blasting Steel Components: A Step-by-Step Guide

Stephen Kimball
2 min readNov 16, 2023

Blasting of steel components is also known as sandblasting or shot blasting; using abrasive medium blasting provides the best method of purifying mill-scaled and rusted surfaces. This method involves mechanical cleaning at high velocities by the rigorous impact of abrasive particles onto the steel surface. Blasting operations include:

• drilling holes,

• placing a charge in each hole,

• detonating the charge, and

• clearing away the broken material.

Steel shot blasting steel components is usually used in sand and shot blasting enterprises for cleaning, stripping, and enhancing a metal surface. The review or size of the steel shot basically decides the complete achievement on the surface of the metal.

Abrasive blasting is a process in which any surface can be changed to be made smooth, cleaned, rough, and finished. The abrasive material is also comparably cheap to obtain, and most abrasive blasting machines have been proven to be more effective than other techniques in terms of efficacy.

  1. Sand Blasting: best used for Multiple surfaces that require versatility.
  2. Wet blasting: best used for Surfaces with blasting byproducts that require to be limited, for example, airborne dust.
  3. Vacuum Blasting: best used for Any abrasive blasting that keeps the waste creepage out into the environment.
  4. Centrifugal blasting is best used for Any deep-rooted abrasive blasting operations requiring efficiency and high throughput.
  5. Soda blasting: best used for cleaning softer exterior parts that stubborn abrasives may damage.
  6. Steel Grit blasting: best used for any surface that needs a smooth finish and a faster cutting removal process.
  7. Bristle blasting: best used for Uniform finish and greater accuracy because of the direct application of bristles.
  8. Dry-ice blasting: best used for any soft surface that cannot be polluted with the abrasive.
  9. Pencil blasting: best used for any abrasive blasting that requires extreme accuracy.
  10. Bead blasting: best used for providing surfaces with a bright polished finish.

Browning is a prestigious organization that supplements air blasting and wheel machines, providing dozens of blasting media types and sizes. They have become the top choice of companies based in Alabama and abroad due to some factors like

• Ethical business practices

• Diligent workforce

• Robust infrastructure

• Competitive prices

• Quality control procedure

• Timely delivery

Check out their website https://www.beial.com/ to learn more about steel components’ blasting and the equipment available.

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