Economic blasting of bulk goods

The trend towards delicate production parts continues. Material savings and new manufacturing methods require a continual careful treatment. We are facing this trend in the blasting technology as well.

This is why AGTOS developed a new series of drum shot blast machines in particular for the treatment of bulk goods. Apart from a professional blasting technology, they focus on a careful treatment of the work pieces.

Wide range of work pieces

The blast technology treatment of bulk goods may have different objectives. Two of the most common are clean blasting and hardening. It is important that all parts are treated in the same way and with the same intensity which frequently has to be proofed by means of technical data. AGTOS has the experience to treat bulk goods reproducibly and identically. The size of the work pieces varies from a few millimeters up to compact parts.

The principle

With a loading unit drum shot blast machines are automatically loaded batchwise. For this, the drum is in loading position and after the loading process swivels into the blasting position. The abrasive is thrown into the rotating drum by means of an AGTOS high performance turbine. Thanks to the good blending, all of the work pieces are evenly blasted. After the blasting process they return into the provided containers by softly tilting them out of the drum.

Interlinking possible

While bulk goods can be treated batchwise in a drum shot blast machine, a continuous production can be built up by a combination of several machines. Besides an increase of the capacity by operating additional machines, non-productive times can be reduced and downtimes can be balanced for example by maintenance works.

Key advantages

Reliable procedures are essential for a safe production. The AGTOS high performance turbines with their functional one-disc system represent a maintenance-friendly and powerful plus of the machines. The optimized construction saves abrasive, the tool in the blasting technology. Apart from the proven turbine technology, the reliable and maintenance-friendly filter technology is especially worth mentioning. A differential pressure depending cleaning of the filter cartridges contributes to the economic method of operation as well.

Another aspect for the design of this machine series was the energy efficiency. All drives are designed according to the latest eco-design guidelines. Thus, the shot blast machine consumes a relatively small quantity of energy compared to conventional machines. This helps to keep the operation costs to a minimum.