Vapormatt 4.0 is our own Industry 4.0 solution.

It’s installed on all our new automatic wet / vapor blasting machines and can be retrofitted to existing machines too.

For any company to successfully achieve ultimate utilisation, efficiency and return on investment on a new or existing machine, they’ll need:

• The resources to maintain and service the machine(s)

• The correct and sufficient spares on site, with the discipline to replace them

With a wide range of applications in construction, manufacturing, packaging, agriculture and many other industries, clean steel wire is a better conductor, more resistant to corrosion, stronger and safer.

Wet blasting (otherwise known as vapor blasting) entirely removes graphite from steel wire leaving it clean for forming, machining and heat treatment - heat scale is also removed.

Applying a non-specular finish to overhead power cable the environmentally friendly way: Instead of using powerful chemicals, as typically used in pickling processes, or producing dusty hazardous environments that are associated with dry blasting, our Profelis wet blasting machine (or vapor blasting machine to give it its other name) creates a non-specular finish on power cables using water, an abrasive and compressed air.

From a simple spindle to sophisticated assemblies such as blisks and fir trees, wet blasting (otherwise known as vapor blasting) is capable of processing aerospace components of varying shapes and sizes. It is also well suited for the finishing of a range of materials including any metal as well as composites and additive manufactured components.

With automation and high specification capabilities, wet blasting can be applied to a range of surface finishing applications for the aerospace industry including:

Did you know wet blasting (or vapor blasting) has several advantages over other surface finishing processes for the aerospace industry?

- The use of water eliminates the risk of dust clouds and charged particles which can create a potentially explosive mixture that you might experience with dry blasting.

- Wet blasting does use strong toxic chemicals or solvents making it more environmentally friendly and better for health and safety.

The history of Vapormatt can be traced all the way back to the invention of the jet engine when the first wet blasting machine was developed for the surface finishing of sufficient quality for cast turbine parts. Wet blasting (or vapor blasting) continues to be a highly effective finishing solution for aerospace components such as turbine blades, and composite parts like propellers, landing gear, and wheels.

But what Vapormatt wet blasting machines (vapor blasting machines) are most suited to the task?

They basically split into two types: