Who the Panther is for
Most shops don’t need a cabinet running all day. They need one that sits quietly until the job arrives, then works first time. The Panther’s slurry agitation stops abrasive settling and blocking between jobs, its 50kg (110lb) work grid carries full batches, the side-loading door takes longer components, and the optional, retrofittable mini barrel processes small parts such as fasteners in bulk. If you finish parts all day, every day, the Puma is built for that; for R&D and small components, the Vapormate is the compact option.
How the Panther keeps the finish consistent
The 2kW heater holds sump temperature for consistent degreasing, and the boron carbide nozzle outlasts metallic nozzles, keeping the blast stream stable for longer. The optional sight glass shows abrasive concentration at the machine, so operators correct the mix before it affects the finish. With these controls, the finish you approve on day one is the finish you run in month twelve.
Why Vapormatt
Norman Ashworth invented wet blasting in the late 1940s, and his family has built nothing but wet blasting machines at Vapormatt since 1978. The Panther carries nearly five decades of Vapormatt pump and gun development into a mid-sized cabinet, backed by more than 2,000 machines supplied to manufacturers in over 50 countries.
- Closed loop as standard: the filtration system returns cleaned water to the machine instead of the drain. You use less fresh water and degreaser, with no drain connection needed.
- Single-phase supply: the Panther runs from a 220/240V, 16A single-phase supply (20A with the optional mini barrel), so it installs on a standard workshop circuit with no three-phase upgrade. It is the largest single-phase cabinet in the Vapormatt manual range.
- Compact 0.91m² (9.8ft²) footprint: You gain blasting capacity without giving up the floor space of a larger cabinet.
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Is the Panther right for your components?
The Panther is the largest single-phase cabinet in the Vapormatt manual range, sitting between the compact Vapormate and the three-phase Puma. Send us your components and our applications engineers will trial them at our R&D facility and confirm whether the Panther is the right fit, or reserve a machine from the 2027 launch build now.
Panther Technical Specifications
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Internal dimensions (W x D x H) | 0.93 x 0.67 x 0.63m (36.6 x 26.4 x 24.8in) |
| Overall dimensions (W x D x H) | 1.30 x 0.70 x 1.75m (51.2 x 27.6 x 68.9in) |
| Maximum work grid load | 50kg (110lb) |
| Blast gun | 10mm boron carbide nozzle (standard) |
| Closed-loop filtration | Standard |
| Immersion heater | 2kW (standard) |
| Rinse gun and air blow-off nozzle | Standard |
| Abrasive level sight glass | Optional |
| Mini barrel | 250mm (9.8in) diameter; max load 10kg (22lb) (optional) |
| Electrical supply | 220/240V, 50/60Hz, single-phase, 16A (20A with mini barrel) |
| Compressed air | 2 to 5 bar (30 to 80psi), 0.56 to 0.84m³/min (20 to 30cfm) |