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The wet blast process will reduce the amount of wear that your die's and mould's are subject to. Not only can we remove most contaminants but the critical bearing faces are preserved which will prolong the life of your tools.
Vapormatt, a world leading specialist in wet blasting for surface preparation, and its partner NGL Cleaning Technology SA have addressed the serious problem of cobalt leaching in cutting tools with the development of the revolutionary VacuKleen TM product.
Vapormatt employee Phil Dawes is this month celebrating an incredible 50 years in the blasting sector and 20 years as an employee at Vapormatt, a world leading specialist in wet blasting for surface preparation and finishing.
A huge number of industries rely on manually operated tools that emit vibration during use. As a result of using vibrating machinery workers are sometimes at risk of being overexposed to hand-arm vibration. This guide explores the risk of hand-arm vibration in wet blasting and explains how to prevent workers from developing hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).
Wet blasting is becoming increasingly popular in the Aerospace industry as a way of preparing metal surfaces for NDT – and for preparing carbon fibre surfaces for bonding, explains Phil Dawes, Aerospace Sales Engineer at Vapormatt.
Vapormatt, a world leading specialist in wet blasting for surface preparation and finishing, has signed a new distribution agreement with NGL Cleaning Technology SA to supply a chemical that prevents cobalt leeching during the wet blasting process.
Vapormatt has launched a new washing and drying machine, the Vapormatt Ocelot, which is designed to both clean and dry wet blasted cemented carbide inserts at one station prior to coating. This patented innovation from the world-leading wet blasting specialist significantly reduces washing cycles and drying times while also simplifying the process.
As part of the extrusion process there is a vital requirement for the on-going cleaning and polishing of dies. This is a critical operation for the continual production within an extrusion plant but one that is often considered time consuming and full of tedious processes. However, without proper care and attention given to the preparation of dies, extruders risk high extrusion scrap rates and low die success rates.
Wet blasting is a surface finishing technique that uses a suspension of solid particles in a carrier liquid to treat the surface of a material. The principle is straightforward: liquid borne abrasive, or ‘slurry’, is mixed with a pressurised gas, pumped through a nozzle and accelerated across the material’s surface. The elements of the process can be varied widely in order to have a particular effect – from gentle dirt removal to full surface treatment.
