From cookies to cleaning to health benefits, the versatility of baking soda makes it a powerful substance beyond the kitchen. In fact, after realizing sand was too abrasive, engineers even used it to safely [...]
As the world’s technology continues to advance and evolve, the manufacturing industry has seen significant improvements. By partnering human expertise with machine learning and labor, manufacturers have made processes faster and less costly than [...]
Heavy machinery and equipment is a significant investment for any company, so it’s crucial to ensure the metals used to craft them are durable and made to last. Peening is the process of purposefully [...]
Grinding surfaces can be both complicated and time-consuming. Wet blasting will help you move through the finishing process more efficiently. Wet blasting is also more forgiving than grinding or sanding as it’s less likely [...]
Descaling is vital to keep equipment running smoothly. Proper descaling removes the buildup of oxides, calcium, water, limescale, rust, and other non-soluble deposits. Typical descaling processes may involve sandblasting or caustic chemicals. Wet blasting [...]
Surface finish can be described by three basic characteristics: lay, waviness, and roughness. Lay refers to the directional pattern on the surface, either inherent in the material or produced by the manufacturing process itself. [...]
Dye Penetrant Inspection works well for a variety of product forms including castings, forgings and weldments. The structural steel, automotive, petrochemical, power generation and aerospace industries utilize liquid penetrant inspection. Wet Blasting has become [...]
Common deburring processes include vibratory finishing, electropolishing, abrasive blasting, brush deburring, chamfer and radius cutters, and that old standby, hand deburring with files, abrasive pads, and scraper knives. The problem with many of these, [...]
Nearly every machining process leaves some sort of burr that must be removed. But few agree on the definition of a burr, let alone a standard for describing them. “A burr to one engineer [...]
You may already know that wet blasting is a clean, safe way to remove grease and paint for MRO, MX, and Reman applications. Toxic coatings are safely removed and contained [...]
