AQUABLAST

The process cleans by flow, and not impact, producing a 'soft' finish. The water acts as a lubricant, avoiding media impregnation and also extending the life of the blast media. The typical process is as follows:

• The water/media slurry is contained within the wet blasting cabinet sump.

• Delivery of the slurry to the manual blast nozzle is via a glandless polyurethane pump and associated hoses located inside the wet blasting machine.

• Compressed air is added at the blast nozzle to accelerate the slurry and create the cleaning effect.

• After contact with the component, the slurry then drains back into the sump creating a re-circulating system.

• Fine broken down media and other contaminants are fed via an overflow to a sedimentation filter located at the rear of the wet blasting machine.

Wet blasting (vapor blasting) is a process for removing contaminants from a surface, or finishing a surface using pressurized water and abrasive blast media. If the abrasive media is mixed with water and pressurized in a pressure pot before being propelled through a blast nozzle and mixed with compressed air

Compared to sandblasting, vapor blasting reduces abrasive consumption. Thus, it delivers a more cost-effective surface prep option. ... Although both sandblasting and vapor blasting can cause corrosion problems, the metal surfaces prepared by vapor blasting tend to corrode faster.

Abrasive blasting, which is the process of using specialized machinery to project or “shoot” media at high speed across a hard surface, can be ideal for removing old finishes. It can also power away rust or prepare the surface for painting.

In general vapor blasting equipment uses a combination of water and an abrasive creating a solution called a slurry. ... Vapor honing technologies are unique because they use a wet process, whereas sandblasting and soda blasting are strictly abrasive blasting techniques.