Bandsaw blade Surface finishing
Wet blasting provides the edge required to add superior quality increasing life and add efficiency
Wet blasting can be utilized for cleaning, finishing, deburring, edge honing and maintaining bandsaw blades of various types, such as carbide tipped, or bimetal, in various industrial applications. Bandsaw blades, intended for use with a variety of materials, can benefit from wet blasting in several ways and can add value to your blades and an edge against your competition.
Wet blasting can be applied to bandsaw blades in various industrial and manufacturing settings to enhance their performance, extend their lifespan, and maintain optimal cutting efficiency.
Wet blasting Applications for Bandsaw Blades
Cleaning and Degreasing: Removal of manufacturing residues, oils, and greases. Ensures a clean surface.
Deburring: Removal of sharp edges, burrs, or irregularities from the blade edges. Improves safety during handling and contributes to more accurate cuts.
Surface Smoothing: Smoothing out rough surfaces on the bandsaw blade. Reduces friction during cutting, extends blade life, and enhances precision.
Rust and Corrosion Removal: Elimination of rust and corrosion from the blade surface. Enhances the longevity of the bandsaw blade and maintains cutting performance.
Pre-Coating Surface Preparation: Creating an optimal surface for coatings or treatments. Improves adhesion of protective coatings, contributing to blade durability.
Edge honing: Processing the cutting edges on all types of blades, particularly carbide. Extends blade life, ensures precise cuts, and reduces the need for frequent replacements.
Uniform Surface Finish: Achieving a consistent finish across the entire blade surface. Ensures uniform cutting performance and reduces the risk of uneven wear.
Surface Texturing: Adding a specific texture to the blade surface. Can be used for aesthetic purposes or to enhance specific functional characteristics.
Peening: Gullet peening to reduce fatigue and crack generation extending the life of the blade and adding value
It's important to tailor the wet blasting process to the specific needs of bandsaw blades, considering factors such as the blade material, coating requirements, and the desired surface finish. Proper adjustments to parameters such as abrasive media type, water pressure, and dwell time will optimize the wet blasting process for bandsaw blade applications.
Wet blast process benefits
Our wet blasting process offers several inherent benefits that add to it being the prefeed surface processing method for many industries and applications. Some of the key process benefits are listed below.
Highly controllable Surface Treatment: Wet blasting is a highly controllable process compared to other methods such as dry blasting. It can effectively remove contaminants, coatings, burrs and rust without causing damage to delicate automotive components, ensuring the integrity of the surfaces.
No Dust Emission: The addition of water in wet blasting suppresses dust formation, resulting in a cleaner and safer working environment. This is crucial in the automotive industry where cleanliness is essential for maintaining high-quality standards and ensuring the health and safety of workers. This also means no static build up or hazardous environments that can occur with some materials.
Environmentally Friendly: The use of water in wet blasting minimizes the environmental impact compared to dry blasting methods. It reduces airborne dust and facilitates easier containment and disposal of waste, contributing to environmental sustainability.
Versatility in Abrasive Media: Wet blasting can utilize a variety of abrasive media, such as glass beads, aluminium oxide, Ceramics, or others, and due to the high level of control the process can also work wider a wider range of media sizes from large coarse media to very fine if the requirement calls for it. This versatility allows manufacturers to choose the most suitable media for specific applications, providing flexibility in surface preparation.
Improved Surface Finish: Wet blasting not only cleans surfaces, but also leaves them with a smoother finish. This is particularly beneficial for applications where a high-quality appearance is crucial.
Minimized Heat Generation: Wet blasting generates less heat compared to some methods. This is advantageous for components that are sensitive to heat, preventing potential damage or distortion during the process.
Reduced Media Consumption: Wet blasting uses abrasive media more efficiently compared to other methods. The water cushions the impact and creates the ability to control and filter to a very fine level, allowing the media to be reused for a longer duration before replacement and adds consistency and repeatability to process resulting in potential cost savings on other methods and a more accurate level of control over your process.
Enhanced Worker Safety: The reduction of dust and the generally lower abrasive impact contribute to a safer working environment for operators. Wet blasting helps mitigate health risks associated with exposure to airborne contaminants, improving overall workplace safety.
In summary, wet blasting provides a combination of precision, environmental responsibility, cost-effectiveness, and safety benefits, making it a superior method and attractive option for various industry applications
Process Driven Solutions for bandsaw processing
Our aim is to work with you and supply you the process and solution(s) to meet your requirements.
Our equipment is designed to best utilise our process to meet your requirements. By utilising our years of experience and process knowledge, and combining it with our automated technology, we can provide a complete solution that delivers control and consistency to give you the perfect finish every time.
Contact us to discuss your requirements, and how we can work with you. Or have a look at our solution pages for more information.
We also design and manufacture washing equipment which in many cases complements our wet blasting solutions.
In many applications we have implemented solutions that incorporate both blasting and washing in a one step process which can remove handling steps and increase efficiency.
