Vapor blasting, also know as wet blasting, aqua blasting or vapor honing is rapidly becoming the number one choice for applications requiring the highest quality of surface finish. We can vapor blast any aluminum, copper, brass or bronze part that can fit in our cabinet (shown below). Common items include engine parts, chassis parts for motorcycles or cars, wheels, cylinder heads, engine side cases, fork legs, brake calipers, intake manifolds, and valve covers. Our market leading ‘Vixen’ machine uses the vapor blasting process to simultaneously degrease and blast industrial components.
The key to vapor blasting is that the finish is produced through flow of water borne abrasive, giving a finer finish due to the flushing action of the water. No media is impregnated into the component, nor is there any dust created by the break-up of media, unlike dry or sand blasting where the finish is produced by sheer force of media impact. A specially designed glandless polyurethane pump agitates water and media into a slurry, which is contained within the cabinet sump. Delivery of the slurry to the manual blast nozzle is via a glandless polyurethane pump and associated hoses located inside the machine.
The slurry is pumped at approximately 2 bar to the nozzle, and compressed air is introduced at the blast nozzle to accelerate the slurry and provide the cleaning effect on impact, albeit cushioned. After contact with the component the slurry then drains back into the sump creating a re-circulating system. Fine broken down media and other contaminants are fed via an overflow to a sedimentation filter located at the rear of the cabinet.
