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Shop vs Field Blasting & Painting
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

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Estimating Abrasive Consumption Rates OMG!
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

Abrasive Consumption Rates in Blast Operations can be highly variable – and hard to estimate unless several conditions are known.  This Blog will attempt to highlight the factors that affect Abrasive Consumption Rates (ACR) – and provide suggested Rate ranges – based on those factors. First, let’s assume that we have well balanced setup in…

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Maintaining Blast Abrasive Equipment: The Checklist
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

Maintaining blast abrasive equipment is critical to keeping it in good working condition. A broken or malfunctioning piece of equipment can cause production delays and money. That’s why it’s important to have a checklist of the things that need to be done regularly to keep your equipment running smoothly. In this blog post, we will…

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Fuel Fed Inflation on Paint and Blast Shops
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

“$1,055 – people need to pay attention”. I heard the pronouncement this morning on the radio as I was getting ready to go to work – about to climb into my pickup & thereby consume some fossil fuel myself along the way.  The date was March 11, 2022.  The quote was from an over the…

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Inflation Cause, Affects & How to Combat Blast & Paint Projects 2022
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

To state the obvious, inflation pressure is affecting all aspects of our economy – both individual and business. One need only to compare month to month expenses for grocery bills, gasoline / utility prices, restaurant charges, apartment rental costs, housing costs, new or used autos or trucks, etc., to know that the stated year-to-year 7%…

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Inflation Pressures in the Blast and Paint Industries Cause and Effect and Remedy?
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

Breaking News – Inflation is here! Well OK – maybe higher pricing isn’t Breaking News for anyone who has been paying bills the last few months.  Inflation presents itself every day to those of us who spend hard-earned money for ever more expensive goods and services.  The questions are:  1)  Does anyone believe this is…

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Power is Everything – Control is Everything Else
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

Abrasive Flow Rate Management In considering the assembly of necessary components for a successful Blast & Paint Shop, adequate Power (Compressor CFM) is the most important element – and the rated CFM will dictate the sizing of all the other essential equipment. In essence, the Compressor CFM capacity will completely determine maximum available size of…

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Compressed Air can’t be “Too Dry”
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge
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Power is Everything
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

In the movie Apollo 13, John Aaron the EECOM Electrical Engineer told Flight Director Gene Kranz that “Power is Everything”.  The Apollo 13 space capsule & Lunar Module needed to power down immediately to save the flight crew. Well the same can be said for Blast Shop systems.  While not a matter of life or…

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Cold and Wet Weather Coating Systems
  • Posted by: Keith Gabbard
  • Category: Abrasive Knowledge

Every year, Blast & Paint shop operations are interrupted – or even closed down – as we approach colder, windy and wet conditions. Why? Because application of conventional Coating Systems at lower temperatures – below 50`F – and high humidity’s – above 85% RH – may compromise system performance.  Cool temperatures and high relative humidity…

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