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What is Airless Blasting?

Airless blast cleaning is a widespread method of cleaning casting surfaces, particularly when large volumes must be handled. Airless blast cleaning uses a motor driven blast wheel rotating at high speed. The abrasive is propelled by the blast wheel, which uses radial and tangential forces to impart the necessary velocity to the abrasive. The wheel's position from which the shot is projected is controlled to concentrate the blast in the desired direction. The outward force from the spinning is what powers the fast movement of the abrasive materials being used.

How Does Airless Blasting Work?

Airless blasting consists of a centrifugal wheel to propel blast media at a product’s surface. Blast cleaning with metallic shot or grit is the most common finishing technique. As pellets strike a casting surface, they make slight indentations that cause plastic flow and stretching of the surface fibres of the metal, imposing a residual compressive flow at the surface. This effect cleans and prepares the surface.

Airless Blast Cleaning Abrasives

Blasting results depend heavily on abrasive choice and application; choosing the right abrasive is the first step. The most widely used types are chilled iron, annealed iron and cast steel.

Abrasives Include:

Fine flours
Aluminium oxide
Glass beads
Quartz
Silica

Important Factors of Airless Blasting

When a work mix is either too coarse or too fine, it can increase cleaning cycle time by as much as 30%. Longer cycle times mean greater abrasive consumption and unnecessary machine wear and tear.
Improperly balanced work mixes will not produce an acceptable finish if the blast-cleaned profile must meet rigid specifications.
Effective blast cleaning is a combination of efficient machine operation and maintenance plus the selection of the right work mix.
Planned maintenance programs are essential, they are important to maintaining and achieving an economical operation.

Benefits of Airless Blasting

Easy control of velocity
High production capacity
Freedom from the moisture problem encountered with compressed air
Improves fatigue life
Reduces porosity
Does not require high volumes of compressed air which can be expensive
Wheel blasters are typically faster at prepping a surface by using a mechanical method of sending media at the surface of a product as wheel blasters typically move more media in a given time than a sandblast nozzle.

What Makes Up a Blast Cleaning System?

Wheel units
Abrasive cleaning and recycling
Dust collection
Cabinet
Work conveyor
Controls and Instrumentation

Airless blasting or centrifugal wheel blasting is a great solution for products with a uniform surface that require the removal as well as the creation of a surface profile. Due to its automated capabilities and faster processing times compared to air blasting, centrifugal wheel blasting can be great. At Riley Surface World, we have wheel blasters available and airless shot blast turbines to suit your needs. They are highly efficient and effective machines that offer a range of benefits over general shot blast cabinets that can make a significant difference.

Riley Auto Alloy Wheel Blaster

Quick and quality automatic blasting of alloy wheels. Reduces staffing costs and increases throughput (approx 3.5 minutes per wheel) with a consistent quality finish, Airless technology.

Stock No: NEW200
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Riley Auto Wheel Blaster
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: 1x Alloy Wheel
Work Handling Method: Automatic
Other Info: Fast, airless blasting
Condition: Brand New
Availability:: Available subject to build time
Price [?]: Please call on +44 (0) 1922 45 8000

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Surface Dynamics Automated 4 Gun Twin Axis Shot Peening System

This blasting system is designed for the automatic cleaning of jet engine blades. The blast cabinet includes a powered turntable and fitted to a linear actuator are 4 blast nozzles. Media recovery including sieving for re-use is also used, plus a powerful dust extraction system.

Stock No: SB957
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Surface Dynamics ALOX 180 Auto Blasting
Year of Manufacture: 2007
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: 1010 x 700 x 1130
Work Handling Method: Manual Load Rotary Table 4 x Recip' Guns
Other Info: Programmable auto Blast Process
Condition: Seen working by RSW, Excellent Condition, Current Model

Vacublast (Wheelabrator) Ventus 150S, Semi Automated Blast Machine

The Wheelabrator Vacublast Ventus model 150S Semi Automatic Peener is a suction feed air blast cabinet that has been designed specifically for production applications where a less aggressive surface treatment is required.

Stock No: SB976
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Vacublast (Wheelabrator) Ventus model 150S
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: 1500 x 1300 x 900
Work Handling Method: Semi Automatic
Other Info: Unimaster UMA 152 Dust Collector
Condition: From a working environment, Seen working by RSW, Good Condition
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Vixen Surface Treatments JB 220 Jetblast Machine

The Jetair JB220 is ideally suited to cleaning components which can be tumble-blasted using steel shot to remove rust, scale and paint such as those in the re-manufacturing industries. Very low run hours.

Stock No: SB983
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Vixen Surface Treatments JB220
Year of Manufacture: 2000
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: Ø525 x 700
Work Handling Method: Manual load auto blast
Other Info: Compact Airless Tumble Blast
Condition: Good Condition, Current Model, Seen powered at RSW
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Wheelabrator M101 Tumble Belt Shotblast Machine

Wheelabrator Wheelabrator M101 Self Contained, Fully Packaged, Tumble Belt Shotblast Machine

The Wheelabrator M101 shot blast machine offers a low-cost solution to batch clean tumble-proof components in the most efficient and economical way.

Stock No: SC1017
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Wheelabrator Tumble Blast M101
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: 825 x 600
Work Handling Method: Manual load, Automatic cycle
Condition: From a working environment, Good Condition
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Wheelabrator Vacublast, Automatic Vector 150P Shot Blast Cabinet

Wheelabrator Vacublast, Very Heavy Duty, Automatic, Programmable, Vector 150P Shot Blast Cabinet

The Ventus 150P pressure fed air blast cabinet from Wheelabrator has been refurbished and upgraded to include the latest in HMI control and designed for specific production applications where a high work output is required.

Stock No: SD1023
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Wheelabrator Programmable Ventas 150 P Automated
Year of Manufacture: Ref 2018
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: 1500 x 1400 x 1190
Work Handling Method: Load End Driven Table Auto X & Y Axis
Other Info: Touch Screen program Controller (2018)
Condition: From a working environment, Seen working by RSW, Good Condition
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Wheelabrator Spencer Halstead M101 Shotblast Machine

The Wheelabrator Spencer Halstead M101 is a flexible, low-cost solution to batch clean tumble-proof components in the most efficient and economical way.

Stock No: SZ891R
Category: Airless & Automated Blast Equipment
Model: Wheelabrator M101
Work Envelope (WxDxH mm) [?]: 825 x 600
Work Handling Method: Manual load auto unload
Other Info: Hours Run 31656
Condition: Seen working by RSW, Excellent Condition
Availability: Available for immediate collection
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