Wet blasting specialist Vapormatt will be exhibiting its advanced and market leading range of wet blasting technology for the preparation of cutting tools at 2014’s JIMTOF exhibition in Tokyo.

Located on stand E1071 Vapormatt will be showcasing its latest innovation, the Vapormatt Sabre with their Japanese distributor for tooling products, Eurotechno.

Global wet blasting specialist Vapormatt has launched a new, free white paper in its ongoing series that offers tips and advice to a range of industries.  The latest paper, entitled Enhancing Composite Performance, looks at the challenges facing composite manufacturers and highlights the ways in which wet blasting helps to improve performance.  The paper will provide useful insight for anyone involved in composite manufacture.

Wet blasting specialist Vapormatt will be exhibiting its advanced and market leading range of wet blasting technology for the aerospace and composites sectors at Advanced Engineering 2014 on 11-12 November, at the NEC, Birmingham. 

After a busy week in Chicago our application specialists have returned home from 2014’s IMTS show.

This year’s theme was “Come Together” with the show inviting over 100,000 decision makers to come along and see the latest technologies that will help find answers for their manufacturing challenges.

Vapormatt’s Contract Process Services offers you access to world leading wet blasting expertise as a means of outsourcing or developing your bead blasting, shot blasting, grit blasting or vapour blasting processes.

Primarily established as a subcontract service Vapormatt can provide you with a range of wet blasting and peening services. Many of our customers using the service particular value our depth of experience and also flexibility.

A lot of the time customers will ask…

“What about the contaminants that are being blasted off during wet blasting?”

I’m sure you’ll agree this is a valid concern.

After all there is little to no point in cleaning a surface only to re-blast it using contaminated slurry. In fact with some blasting machines this can be a big issue; particularly when the parts being cleaned are heavily contaminated.

However, there are solutions available.

Vapormatt will be introducing its new wet blasting system, the Vapormatt Sabre, in the USA at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), September 8-13 2014. The Vapormatt Sabre has been developed due to high demand from small to medium volume manufacturers, coating centers and R&D facilities for a cost-effective, high performance wet blasting tool to increase output quality on a range of cutting tools.

Global wet blasting specialist Vapormatt has enhanced and improved its service for US tooling customers by teaming up with a new representative.  Vapormatt’s wet blasting technology will now be available through Prototools Corporation, run by Frank Block, a distributor with 35 years’ experience in automated manufacturing machinery and systems, offering US tooling customers an even greater level of service.

Wet blasting specialist Vapormatt has prepared a unique exhibition for the National Composite Centre, revealing the secrets of effective composite preparation.  This exclusive display – comprising literature, a display of sample composite components before and after wet blasting, and an on-screen presentation – will offer viewers valuable advice on composite preparation for both GRP and carbon fibre components.

Having spent the winter season working on and upgrading the boat team Nosferatu, the Vapormatt sponsored power boat, was ready to compete in the first race of 2014.

Hosted by the Guernsey Powerboat Association saturdays race kicked the season of with the North Beach outer course which saw a good number of new entrants, providing good entertainment for those celebrating the Liberation weekend. Nosferatu were again in the "C" class and took a comfortable third on the first race.