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Using Robotics for Sandblasting is the latest trend in the Abrasive Blasting Industry. Robotic Blasting improves your profits, productivity and employee safety more than any other development in the modern age. Simple to operate, customizable, and can be used for complete manual blasting. Please contact BlastOne for your unique solution.
Typical industrial sandblasting automated & robotic blasting equipment require fixed, purpose-built infrastructure to operate. This level of infrastructure investment means that automated sandblasting robots are mostly used in mass manufacturing settings, such as railcar, steel fabrication, and automotive industries.
BlastOne specializes in designing, building and commissioning robotic sandblasting facilities to provide custom solutions for our customer’s corrosion control needs. BlastOne has teamed up with Blastman Robotics to provide several options for our clients. Each blasting robot can be custom fit to each facility based on applications needs. Contact us to begin the discussion on which solution can most benefit your business.
Applications include railway rolling stock, large steel structures, and castings.
When you need to blast similar, but different objects, the cabin allows you to do a small amount of touch-up with human intervention.
Uses a simpler boom to other robots, still allows access all around the workpiece
Allows blasting a diverse product range, from manual blasting to automated blasting.
Applications include small workplaces and complex workpieces.
Applications include containers, turbine parts, castings, and freight wagons.
Designed to replace manual blasting and suit non-serial and serial productions.
Applications include tubular workpieces, such as windmill tower sections.
As a facilities solution provider, we often encounter industry myths regarding the practicality of installing a blasting robot. Our clients are often surprised by the truth behind costs, expertise needed, and whether it would be practical for their specialty and facility.
In this Primed Insight we’re battling 5 popular misconceptions about robotic abrasive blasting, including cost, technical expertise needed, range of applications, and facility requirements.
MYTH #1 – SHOPS WITH INCONSISTENT JOBS ARE NOT PRACTICAL FOR AUTOMATION
Having a high variation of product sizes and product flow does not automatically disqualify robotic automation. In such a situation, choosing a robot that has multiple programming options to satisfy the various products, as well as a cab for manual control is often the solution to this scenario. The robot operates off software that can be tailored for many different products, and changing between programs is easy and can be accommodated hourly if need be.
MYTH #2 – WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BLAST BOOTH THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR HUMAN LABOR SO A ROBOT PROBABLY WOULDN’T FIT
Already having a blast room is the standard scenario we encounter and places you at no immediate disadvantage. Upon completing a preliminary study of your facility’s booth, we can then determine which robot would work best for your operation.
MYTH #3 – ROBOTS MUST BE EXPENSIVE AND BEING A SMALL COMPANY WE PROBABLY CAN’T AFFORD ONE
Typically the highest cost associated with blasting is labor. The robot can effectively replace many blasters, operate 24/7 without associated benefit costs or injury potential, and only needs one person to operate. This operator can execute valuable related tasks such as prep, clean-up, etc. We typically strive to have ROI’s in 1-2 years.
MYTH #4 – AREN’T MODIFIED WELDING OR PAINTING ROBOTS JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS A SPECIALIZED ROBOT?
Repurposing and retrofitting anything for a specialty it was not designed for will inevitably incur added costs, headaches, and unforeseen problems. Blastman robots are not standard robots, but specifically designed for one thing – abrasive blasting. There are no unforeseen problems or issues for that application.
MYTH #5 – OUR STAFF ARE BLUE COLLAR REGULAR PEOPLE. NOT TECH ENGINEERS OR PROGRAMMERS. WON’T A ROBOT REQUIRE HIRING A SPECIAL TECH TO RUN IT?
No. The best operators are ex-manual blasters. The software is easy to program and Blastman will ensure all the proper training. You will not need to hire any new IT personnel or techs to run the robot.
CS Wind was looking for an effective method to abrasive blast the externals of new wind tower sections they were manufacturing in their Windsor ON, Canada facility.
Linings and Coatings is a large part of UTLX’s business and competitive advantage. They needed a high production blast room for refurbishment of railcars.
A leading manufacturer of structural wind towers had a problem and needed help with a high production blast room for surface treatment of wind tower sections.
If you are purchasing a turnkey blast room for building it yourself, there are 25 subjects you need to be well versed in. BlastOne has compiled a detailed report containing an in-depth guide on all the critical components of a blast room: design considerations, abrasive education, and production techniques.
Typical industrial sandblasting automated & robotic blasting equipment require fixed, purpose-built infrastructure to operate. BlastOne specializes in designing, building, and commissioning robotic sandblasting facilities to provide custom solutions for our customer’s corrosion control needs.
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