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Bridges MBX® on Heavy Wire Rope: A Video Demonstration From the Tokyo Showroom
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MBX® on Heavy Wire Rope: A Video Demonstration From the Tokyo Showroom

A customer needed to strip coating from heavy wire ropes used on bridges and other structures. The Bristle Blaster® could not reach...

Oct 25, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Automation ROV Dam Cleaning With the Bristle Blaster® Subsea System: Fewer Dives, Less Risk
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ROV Dam Cleaning With the Bristle Blaster® Subsea System: Fewer Dives, Less Risk

In Japan, an ROV fitted with a lance and driven by the Bristle Blaster® Subsea pump system has been demonstrated and adopted...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Bristle Blaster Cordless Surface Preparation for a Tower Repainting Project in Nagoya
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Cordless Surface Preparation for a Tower Repainting Project in Nagoya

For a year-long repainting project on a radio tower in Nagoya, a Japanese contractor chose the Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless after a...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Bristle Blaster CP10 Robot for a Japanese Shipbuilder: Weld-Bead Treatment and Coating Sweep
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CP10 Robot for a Japanese Shipbuilder: Weld-Bead Treatment and Coating Sweep

A Japanese shipbuilder chose the CP10 multifunctional surface-preparation robot after MontiPower Japan demonstrated two jobs on a ship hull: treating weld beads...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Automation From Hand Tools to Robotics: A Bristle Blaster® Customer in Japan Adopts the AP System
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From Hand Tools to Robotics: A Bristle Blaster® Customer in Japan Adopts the AP System

A Japanese painting and blasting contractor that already used the Bristle Blaster® has taken the next step: it has adopted the AP...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Bristle Blaster Bristle Blaster® Subsea From Japan for Underwater Repairs at a Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm
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Bristle Blaster® Subsea From Japan for Underwater Repairs at a Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

A Bristle Blaster® Subsea supplied by MontiPower Japan was adopted for repairs about three metres below the surface at an offshore wind...

Oct 25, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Bristle Blaster Shipyard Working Decks in Japan: From Chipping Hammers to Disc and Bristle Blaster®
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Shipyard Working Decks in Japan: From Chipping Hammers to Disc and Bristle Blaster®

A Japanese shipyard now uses a pneumatic Bristle Blaster® Ultimate with a tungsten-carbide-tipped disc to remove thick coating and rust from its...

Oct 25, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Bristle Blaster One Drive Unit, Two Stages: Validating Dust-Extracted Disc and Bristle Blaster® Preparation in Japan
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One Drive Unit, Two Stages: Validating Dust-Extracted Disc and Bristle Blaster® Preparation in Japan

MontiPower Japan is validating a two-stage surface preparation method that runs on one Bristle Blaster® Ultimate drive unit: a tungsten-carbide-tipped disc removes...

Oct 25, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Bristle Blaster Bristle Blaster® Triple With Axle Bar: Developed in Japan for Large Flat Surfaces
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Bristle Blaster® Triple With Axle Bar: Developed in Japan for Large Flat Surfaces

MontiPower Japan developed a three-belt Bristle Blaster® with an Axle Bar for large flat steel: girder sections, plate stacks and tank interiors....

Oct 23, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Case Study Tercoo® on an Offshore Platform: Demonstration for a Platform Operator in Malaysia
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Tercoo® on an Offshore Platform: Demonstration for a Platform Operator in Malaysia

MontiPower Malaysia completed a Tercoo® demonstration for an offshore platform operator, with satisfying results. In the team's field experience, Tercoo removes heavy...

Oct 23, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Bristle Blaster Weld Cleaning Before Painting on a Philippine Railway Project
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Weld Cleaning Before Painting on a Philippine Railway Project

On the railway construction from Clark International Airport (Pampanga) to Calamba (Laguna), a Japanese equipment rental company supplied five Bristle Blaster® units...

Oct 23, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Bristle Blaster 400 Field Joints in Sabah: Pipeline Prep With the Bristle Blaster® Electric Double
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400 Field Joints in Sabah: Pipeline Prep With the Bristle Blaster® Electric Double

On a 5 km greenfield pipeline at Sipitang, Sabah, a piping contractor prepared around 400 weld joints in the open air with...

Oct 23, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Brazil Tercoo® Removes 2,500–3,500 µm PFP and ThermoWrap in Rio de Janeiro
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Tercoo® Removes 2,500–3,500 µm PFP and ThermoWrap in Rio de Janeiro

MontiPower Brasil used Tercoo® at customer DCL to remove Jotun Jotachar 1709 passive fire protection (about 2,500 µm) and a three-layer ThermoWrap...

Oct 22, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Case Studies Tercoo® vs Needle Gun on Marathon 550 Epoxy
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Tercoo® vs Needle Gun on Marathon 550 Epoxy

During a live demonstration at Actemium in Brazil, Tercoo® and a conventional needle gun were tested on a hard Marathon 550 epoxy...

Sep 20, 2026 · 4 minRead →
Case Study Specified by name: the Bristle Blaster® in the CCGS Limnos drydock specification
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Specified by name: the Bristle Blaster® in the CCGS Limnos drydock specification

The Canadian Coast Guard’s 2023 CCGS Limnos drydock specification names the “Bristle Blaster” as the required method for compartments and tanks where...

Aug 29, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Bonding Deutsche Bahn field test: faster bonded-joint corrosion repair with MONTI surface preparation
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Deutsche Bahn field test: faster bonded-joint corrosion repair with MONTI surface preparation

A November 2011 Deutsche Bahn field test on an ICE 3 trainset used MONTI bristle tools to prepare bonded-joint surfaces, enabling a...

Aug 29, 2026 · 2 minRead →
Bristle Blaster Shell SDA project: grit-free weld-seam preparation with the Bristle Blaster®
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Shell SDA project: grit-free weld-seam preparation with the Bristle Blaster®

On Shell’s SDA project at the Pernis refinery, 10 Bristle Blaster® Pneumatic tools prepared 2,000 weld seams to Sa 2½ with a...

Aug 29, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Case Study MontiPower in Action — Bolivia, ready for coating - No. 2
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MontiPower in Action — Bolivia, ready for coating - No. 2

In December, Matservice Petróleo performed a field joint coating for Total E&P Bolivia, one of the world’s supermajor oil companies. Total E&P...

Jul 09, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Case Study MontiPower in Action — Peru, ready for coating - No. 1
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MontiPower in Action — Peru, ready for coating - No. 1

A Bristle Blaster® training session took place in Piura, a region located in northweste Peru which is home to 1,800,000 Peruvians. Recently,...

Jul 09, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Case Study MontiPower in Action — Peru, ready for coating - No. 3
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MontiPower in Action — Peru, ready for coating - No. 3

In this Peak Times Moments, we visit Peru once more. MontiPower® is involved in several projects in this beautiful country. Our first...

Jul 09, 2026 · 1 minRead →
Case Study What Is MBX®? Rust, Paint and Underseal Removal from Vehicle Bodywork
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What Is MBX®? Rust, Paint and Underseal Removal from Vehicle Bodywork

MBX® is the right tool when the job is on a vehicle body panel. For surface preparation of steel structures — pipelines,...

May 06, 2026 · 7 minRead →
Case Study What Is Tercoo®? Heavy Rust and Corrosion Removal Before Protective Coating
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What Is Tercoo®? Heavy Rust and Corrosion Removal Before Protective Coating

In the MontiPower Two-Step Method, the Tercoo® disc is Step 1. The Bristle Blaster® belt is Step 2. Both run on the...

May 06, 2026 · 8 minRead →
Case Study The Two-Step MontiPower Method: From Heavy Corrosion to SSPC-SP10
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The Two-Step MontiPower Method: From Heavy Corrosion to SSPC-SP10

This guide covers the full methodology — when each step applies, how to execute it, how to verify the result, and where...

May 06, 2026 · 8 minRead →
Case Study MontiPower in Action — Wales, ready for coating - No. 4
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MontiPower in Action — Wales, ready for coating - No. 4

In this Peak Times Moments, we visit an area with a mixture of cities, towns, villages and open countryside: Wales. Amidst this...

May 22, 2024 · 1 minRead →