Tumbler Slurry Blasting Machine

Slurry blasting technology, also known as wet blasting, provides the ultimate parts cleaning performance within minutes. The system's innovative design uses a blast wheel to accelerate and discharge the abrasive slurry at high velocity and in a controlled pattern to mechanically remove oxides, scale, carbon deposits, oils, and grease from metal part surfaces. It can be applied safely to all types of metals and is excellent for use on aluminum and other white metal components. The abrasive slurry is composed of abrasive media combined with a hot waterbased alkali cleaning solution to provide a very clean and smooth finished surface ready for coating, painting, or remanufacturing operations.

Part surfaces are free of scale, oil, grease, and rust without any residue normally left by conventional blasting processes.

The Tumble Slurry Blaster is designed to automatically process batches of parts of various sizes loaded on the barrel work mill. The barrel mill tumbles the parts to expose all surfaces to the cleaning abrasive slurry. The entire process is automatically controled by PLC.

Standard Features

• Wash, slurry blasting, and rinse stages
• Fully welded cabinet made from sturdy carbon-steel plating
• Cast alloy and manganese steel barrel head components
• Replaceable wear plates inside the blasting cabinet and blast wheel
• Direct-driven bi-directional blast wheel
• Blast wheel speed controlled by variable frequency drive
• PLC and HMI for programmable processes, machine status, and fault warnings
• Digital temperature controller
• Pneumatically operated cabinet door
• All-metal labyrinth door seals
• Abrasive reclamation system
• Automatic sludge conveyor
• Insulated solution tank
• Electric immersion heaters
• Stainless-steel centrifugal pump
• Automatic solution level control
• Low solution level heating system protection
• Bag filter for solution

Advantages

• No dust – No need for a dust collector
• Does not require pre- and post-cleaning processes
• Fast cycle time
• Closed-loop process – both detergent and media are recycled
• Does not require compressed air for blast motive force
• Very clean and dust-free part surfaces
• Can process wet, oily, and greasy parts