Currently in the market,there are many kinds of abrasives used for blasting,for example,brown fused alumina,glass beads,white fused alumina,silicon carbide ,garnet sand etc.
When doing blasting ,it is very necessary to choose the most suitable abrasives.
Then how to choose and what factors need we think about?
1.Raw material of the blasted workpiece.Different abrasives will has different effect on workpiece. for example,blasting dia casting aluminum cookware,brown fused alumina is used often.
2.Treatment effect.if only want to remove stains and blemishes, ordinary abrasives such as glass beads ,silica sand can meet your needs.
3.Environmental requirements.if you have high requirement on environmental,you need consider the dust pollution when blasting.then brown fused alumina and garnet sand is comparelly good.
4.The cost.different blasting abrasives have different cost.
So when you choose abrasives for blasting,you need take some factors into your consideration to choose the most proper one for you.