Wet blasting is highly suited to cleaning, de-painting, and preparing metal, composite, and polymer AM aerospace components for NDT or coatings like paints and oils.

It is also particularly effective at clearing powder, partially sintered powder, and other contaminants from the complex internal channels that are often a feature of AM components, giving a visual indication that the channel is clear when blast media appears.

Thanks to its high strength-to-weight ratio, fatigue and corrosion resistance, and many other reasons, carbon fibre is widely used in aerospace.

Wet blasting has several applications for aerospace carbon fibre components:

As well as peening turbine and fan blades, wet blasting can be used to prepare the following engine components for NDT inspection by cleaning and / or coatings:

• Exterior surfaces like the outer casing of engines and other accessible exterior parts

• Fan and turbine discs

• Blisks

• Driveshafts

• Compressor blades and vanes

• Turbine blades and vanes

• Engine housings and casings

Removing multiple coating layers, oils, grease, and all contaminants in one operation delivers significant time and cost savings for MRO wheel and brake shops compared with manual and chemical stripping processes. In fact, our wet blasting formula has been proven to be the fastest way to de-paint wheels and brakes.

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Our wet blasting machines can be found in many of the world's leading aerospace companies thanks to the benefits our technology offers and its many applications: