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Sandblasting vs. abrasive blasting
Sandblasting is abrasive blasting with sand as the media. Abrasive blasting is the broader term for propelling any abrasive (steel grit, mineral...
What are the dangers of sandblasting?
Sandblasting is dangerous mainly because blasting with quartz sand produces respirable crystalline silica dust, which causes silicosis — an incurable lung disease...
MontiPower: the alternative to blasting with copper slag
Copper slag is a glassy iron-silicate by-product of copper smelting, widely used as blasting abrasive. It cleans and profiles steel, but creates...
Dustless Blasting with the Bristle Blaster®
“Dustless blasting” usually means wet abrasive blasting, where water suppresses the dust but abrasive is still used. The Bristle Blaster® takes a...
Bead Blasting
Bead blasting is abrasive blasting with round media, usually soda-lime glass beads, propelled by compressed air to clean, deburr, peen or give...
What is vacuum blasting, and how does it work?
Vacuum blasting is abrasive blasting with built-in recovery: the blast nozzle sits inside a shrouded head that seals against the surface, and...
What is wheel blasting?
Wheel blasting, also called centrifugal or shot blasting, throws abrasive at a steel surface from a fast-rotating bladed wheel instead of using...
CAS vs AMPShare: Choosing the Right Multi-Brand Battery System for Industrial Maintenance
CAS (Cordless Alliance System, initiated by Metabo in 2018) and AMPShare (launched by Bosch in 2022) are both open 18 V multi-brand...
Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless: SSPC-SP10 Surface Prep Without Grit, Without a Cord
The Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless is an 18 V CAS battery tool that, in documented tests, produces cleanliness comparable to ISO 8501-1...
MontiPower Ultimate Cordless Tools: Built on CAS Battery Technology
MontiPower® Ultimate cordless tools — the Bristle Blaster® Ultimate Cordless, MBX® Cordless and Vinyl Zapper® Ultimate — run on 18 V batteries...
What Is the CAS (Cordless Alliance System)? A Guide for Industrial Maintenance Teams
CAS (Cordless Alliance System) is a multi-brand 18 V battery platform founded in 2018 on Metabo battery technology. One CAS pack powers...
Stress Corrosion Cracking: What It Is, Where It Occurs, and How Coatings Prevent It
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is cracking caused by sustained tensile stress acting together with a specific corrosive environment on a susceptible material....
Galvanic Corrosion: How It Works and the Role of Zinc-Rich Primers in Protection
Galvanic corrosion happens when two dissimilar metals are electrically connected in an electrolyte: the more active metal (the anode) corrodes faster and...
MIC Corrosion: What Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Is and How Coatings Address It
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is corrosion started or accelerated by microorganisms, mainly sulfate-reducing, acid-producing and iron-oxidising bacteria living in biofilms. It causes...
Intumescent Coatings: What They Are and What Surface Preparation They Require
Intumescent coatings are passive fire protection coatings that swell when heated, from about 200–250°C, into an insulating char that delays the temperature...
Rust vs Corrosion: What's the Difference and Why It Matters for Surface Preparation
Corrosion is the broad term for any electrochemical degradation of a metal by its environment; rust is one specific kind, the reddish-brown...
Pitting Corrosion: What It Is, Why It Matters for Surface Preparation, and How to Address It
Pitting corrosion is localised attack that forms small, deep cavities, usually driven by chlorides. It matters for surface preparation because pits hold...
Corrosion Control for Industrial Assets: A Practical Framework
A corrosion control programme for industrial assets has six steps: classify the environment to ISO 12944, specify a protection system for the...
How to Keep Steel Corrosion-Free: Maintenance Cycles and Surface Preparation
Keep steel corrosion-free by applying a protective coating system over properly prepared steel, then maintaining it on a planned cycle: regular inspection,...
Corrosion Protection for Steel Structures: A Practical Guide
Corrosion protection for steel structures rests on three steps: classify the service environment with ISO 12944 (C1–CX, Im1–Im4), prepare the steel to...
Industrial Coatings: Types, Systems, and Surface Preparation Requirements
Industrial coatings are protective systems such as epoxies, zinc-rich primers, polyurethanes, thermal spray metals, intumescents, high-temperature silicones and polyureas. Each family has...
Corrosion Resistant Coatings: Why Surface Preparation Determines Whether They Work
Corrosion resistant coatings protect steel by barrier, sacrificial (zinc) or inhibitive action, and all three depend on adhesion to properly prepared steel....
Performance Coatings: What They Are and What Surface Preparation They Require
Performance coatings are industrial coating systems (high-build epoxies, zinc-rich primers, polyurethane topcoats, thermal spray metals, high-temperature and intumescent coatings) designed for aggressive...
How to Write a Surface Preparation Specification That Gets Results
A surface preparation specification must state, for every area, the cleanliness grade by full designation (for example SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2 or...
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