Puma+ automatic wet blasting machine

The technical challenge

The Puma + was built for production or operations managers who need automated, repeatable wet blasting without compromising on process capability. Each configuration runs the full Vapormatt process architecture: up to four Mk3 blast guns, independent pressure control, and recipe-based cycle management. The machine handles everything from bulk finishing of additive manufactured components in the Barrel configuration to individual edge honing of 42 solid carbide tools simultaneously in the Vertical with satellites.

Process control and repeatability

Each Puma + variant runs selectable recipes: cycle time, blast pressure, and on the Barrel and Vertical configurations, rotation speed and Z-axis traverse rate, stored and recalled per component type. Vapormatt 4.0 connects as standard. The practical value for most operations is immediate: your Vapormatt engineer can diagnose a process query, push a parameter adjustment, or identify a developing fault remotely, without a site visit.

Why Vapormatt

Vapormatt pioneered wet blasting and has been refining automated surface finishing systems since 1978. The Puma + carries that depth in a machine your team can operate from day one.

• One platform, four configurations: Radial, Vertical, Vertical with satellites, and Barrel variants share the same architecture. Automated index loading is available for operations requiring higher throughput with minimal manual intervention.
• Factory Acceptance Testing available: your components, your specification, tested before the machine leaves Bridgwater. You know it works before it arrives.
• Built for hours, not headlines: industrial-grade polyurethane pumps, Mk3 blast guns, and stainless steel construction. Designed to run production loads, not to look capable on a data sheet.

For a full view of the patented technology behind Vapormatt's process control, visit our R&D and patents page

The Vapormatt Promise: the machine meets the agreed specification, or we make it right.

The bottom line

There is a category of automation built to a price: a manual cabinet chassis, a motor added, a controller fitted. It passes a specification sheet and struggles on a production floor. The Puma + was designed the other way around: automation first, then the cabinet built to support it. That difference is measurable in uptime, finish consistency, and years of service life.