Do you have the eye to reduce your shot-blasting costs?
The degree of cleanliness of foundry parts surfaces has always been determined subjectively, which is very difficult for quality control. And, we expect to have the eye to assess that B is as clean as A?
We all know that the cleanliness of casted parts is subjective, and its degree has a large impact on productivity, shot consumption and blast cleaning cycle times. Overcleaning to be SAFE is expensive!
When coating is required, its life is also greatly affected by the quality of surface preparation including its level of cleanliness - percentage and degree of scale and contaminants. At the same time, we all want to reduce “Sandblasting” costs, increase our “wheelblast” productivity, and avoid “over-cleaning or reblast” a job. In foundry environment, several factors influence the Surface cleanliness rating: