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The benefits of wet blasting diagram

Dry blasting, drag finishing, brush finishing, vibratory finishing, chemical etching and wet blasting all have their place. Here's where each one fits.

High tech wire

High-tech wire has no margin for error.

Medical implant

The surface finish on an implant is more than cosmetic.

Propeller blades on a military aircraft

Every propeller and helicopter rotor blade that leaves your facility carries a certificate of airworthiness. The surface preparation beneath it is where risk is introduced or removed.

Overhead conductors shown illuminated attached to an electricity pylon

Your overhead conductor can carry around 5% more current with no extra conductor material.

Vapormatt patent

The patented engineering inside your next wet blasting machine.

Encapsulated cable on reels

Surface preparation decides whether high-value cable encapsulation lasts.

A jet engine fan blade being wet peened inside a Vapormatt Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine

Wet shot peening achieves the same Almen intensity as dry shot peening. It also gives you a better finish, lower process costs and more control.

Vapormatt PumaXL manual wet blasting machine with an aircraft wheel being loaded on the turntable

Why the Puma XL earns its place in an aerospace MRO wheel and brake shop.

Vapormatt Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine with single load end

If a die isn't clean enough to inspect accurately, it's not clean enough.

Vapormatt Puma XL manual wet blasting machine

Why the Vapormatt Puma XL strips paint properly

Automated wet blast gun head from a Vapormatt Cougar+ automatic wet blasting machine

How automated wet blasting improves finish quality