In the precision-driven world of aerospace manufacturing, achieving consistent, high-quality surface finishes is critical. That’s where the Leopard Cub wet blasting machine makes a significant impact.

Key applications for aerospace OEMs:

✅ Cleaning: Precision cleaning to remove machining oils, cutting fluids, and oxidation prior to assembly

✅ Deburring: Removes burrs from newly machined or 3D-printed parts

✅ Surface preparation: Precise uniform surface finishes that improve coating, bonding, and paint adhesion on metal and composite surfaces

Highly reflective instruments can produce glare under intense surgical lighting, creating distractions and reducing visibility for surgeons during critical procedures.

Wet blasting adds a uniform texture to the surface of surgical-grade stainless steels, titanium, and other medical alloys.

The result…

✅ A uniform, fine-textured, non-reflective finish: Wet blasting achieves a controlled, homogeneous matte or satin surface ideal for reducing surgical glare

When it comes to medical implants, surface finishing is crucial — not just for appearance, but for ensuring safe and effective performance inside the body.

Wet blasting is a key process for preparing implant surfaces, but why is precise control and automation essential?

✅ Consistency and repeatability: Automated wet blasting delivers uniform surface texture and cleanliness on every implant — critical for reliable bone integration and long-term success.

In precision tool manufacturing, every time a tool is moved, it adds risk, labour, and cycle time. For round shank tools like drills, end mills, and reamers — reducing tool handling during finishing is a simple, effective way to increase efficiency and consistency.

Here’s where wet blasting makes a difference:

✅ Combines multiple finishing steps
Wet blasting can clean, deburr, and apply the required finish in a single operation — eliminating the need to transfer tools between separate processes.

For dental implantology, surface engineering is fundamental to biocompatibility — and wet blasting has quietly become one of the most effective techniques for optimising implant surfaces.

Unlike dry blasting, wet blasting produces a chemically clean, uniformly micro-roughened surface while minimising the risk of embedded abrasive particles. This matters, because residual contaminants and irregular surface defects can trigger adverse tissue responses and compromise osseointegration.

By using a water-abrasive slurry, wet blasting: