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Shot Blasting

SHOT BLASTING

Shot blasting consists of attacking the surface of a material with one of many types of shots. Normally this is done to remove something on the surface such as scale, but it is also done sometimes to impart a particular surface to the to the object being shot blasted

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There are five different shot blasting processes, and each one is used for a different reason. Unlike straight sandblasting, which is almost always used to remove paint, rust, or other surface material, shot blasting ha s many more options and uses. Shot medium is sent through a hose using compressed air. object being shot blasted, such as the rolls used to make a 2D finish. The shot can be sand, small steel balls of various diameters, granules of silicon carbide, etc. The device that throws the shot is either a large air gun or spinning paddles which hurl the shot off their blades.

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