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Abrasive Embedment

The Debate on Abrasive Embedment in Sandblasting There’s a lot of disagreement in the sandblasting industry about abrasive embedment. This includes business owners, industry professionals, and especially companies that make

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Double Venturi Nozzle

The tungsten carbide double venturi nozzle offers a 35% larger blast pattern than a standard long venturi. This is accomplished with only a slight loss in abrasive velocity. These nozzles are designed to be used on jobs where medium cutting action is required. They offer a more even dispersion of abrasive throughout the larger blast pattern. Excellent for plastic or agricultural abrasives. Also great when anodizing or powder coating.

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Long Venturi Nozzle

The long venturi nozzle offers a 40% increase in production over a straight bore nozzle. Made with a protective polyurethane jacket, these nozzles are obviously built for physically demanding operations.

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10x-abrasive Blue Dog Blasting

10X Engineered Materials

Mohs Hardness: 7-8
Bulk Density: 90-105 lbs cuft

Made of Spherical, Angular, Sub-Angular and Oval Shaped Abrasives
Significantly Delays Flash Rust
Good replacement of Garnet – Cuts Faster (at all pressures tested) and Uses Less Abrasive to complete same job
Beryllium and Free Silica Not Listed on SDS (not detected)

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Brown Aluminum Oxide Abrasive

Brown Aluminum Oxide

Mohs Hardness: 8-9
Bulk Density: 110 lbs cuft

Hard and long lasting abrasives
Typically used in blast cabinet and rooms because of recyclability
Used in Vibratory Media as a cutting agent
Aluminum oxide used as a grinding and polishing media
Very hard and sharp abrasive

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Crushed Glass

Crushed Glass

Mohs Hardness: 5.5-6.6
Bulk Density: 100 lbs cuft

Made of 100% Recycled Glass
Safe For Use Around Water
American Made
Contains less than 1% free silica
Non-reactive & inert
Beryllium is not listed on SDS
CARB Approved / QPL Approved / Mil-Spec, SSPC AB-1, MIL-A-22262B(SH)

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Garnet Abrasive

Garnet Abrasive

Mohs Hardness: 6.5-7
Bulk Density: 140 lbs cuft

Used in Sandblast and Waterjet
Relatively Hard Mined Mineral
Heavy Abrasive Requires Higher Pressures to be effective
Less than 10% Mined in the USA

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Iron Grit Abrasive

Iron Grit Abrasive

Mohs Hardness: 7
Bulk Density: 160 lbs cuft

Hard, Heavy good etching abrasive
Breaks down in small angular pieces
Wear on nozzles and hoses
Angular Shaped / Dark Grey or Black color

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Plastic Sandblast Abrasive

Plastic Sandblast Abrasive

Mohs Hardness: 3-4.5
Bulk Density: 55 lbs cuft

100% Recycled Material
Good for coating removal without damaging the substrate
Military used Plastic Abrasive to replace toxic chemical stripping
Blast Cleaning, Deflashing and Deburring product
Good abrasive to deburr machined aluminum parts
Used in Mobile applications along with Blast Cabinets and Blast Rooms

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Mined Starblast

Mined Starblast Sandblast Abrasive

Mohs Hardness: 6-6.5
Bulk Density: 130 lbs cuft

Mined Staurolite Sands
Round and Subangular Shaped Media
Coating and Rust Removal
Tests have show it to breakdown faster and produce more dust than Garnet, Crushed Glass and Coal Slag
Starblast™ guaranteed to contain <3% free silica, typically <2%

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