(Newswire.net — November 26, 2016) — When it comes to heavy industry it’s important to think about what’s beneath the surface.
Whether you’re dealing with individual pieces of machinery or large standalone structures, items in an industrial setting need to be protected from the elements, especially since they are often exposed to extreme temperatures.
Yet while the requirements – in terms of scale – are unusual, the theory is the same as you would apply in your own home. Anything you keep outside your home needs to be protected with a lick of paint or an appropriate stain if you want it to last.
The same applies to your business. Yet it isn’t as simple, clearly, as popping down to the nearest store and picking up a pot of paint. It’s also not as simple as buying the industrial equivalent from the right supplier.
Paint, a $20 billion-plus industry, is one thing, but it’s vital to prepare a surface properly for this or any other coating.
Imagine a wind turbine or an airplane, for example. Both of these will be exposed to some pretty extreme conditions in their own respective ways. They cost a lot to build and the people who commission them need them to be in working order for as long as possible.
You can’t afford to take them out of service to give them a fresh coating every five minutes. Even the smallest plane could cost somewhere in the region of $50,000.
That’s why businesses that need wind turbines, train carriages, planes and even cars will look for a guarantee on their paintwork. They’ll need them to last a number of years – perhaps the length of a franchise or contract.
Yet, the only way to be able to guarantee paint will last for the time needed is to apply it to a surface that has been properly prepared. Proper surface preparation and the right paint is the perfect combination and you shouldn’t lose sight of this.
One way to prepare a surface is by using a blast room. These offer the perfect environment to carry out a proper and thorough surface preparation task.
Take a look at the blast rooms from Airblast AFC and you’ll see the different types that can be purchased and the functions that they offer. These blast rooms can be purpose-built and installed in your business.
Clearly, these rooms are ideal for carrying out surface preparation on a certain scale. If you’re handling lots of large manufacturing parts, then this is something that will be well worth the investment.
However, if your surface preparation needs are on a smaller scale, there are other options open to you.
In this instance, blast cabinets are the answer. As the name suggests, these offer the same service but are contained with a piece of equipment that can be more easily transported if you wish to use it in several sites or locations. There are also even models that are especially used for re-coating wheels for those in the automotive industry.
One you know you need blasting services, the important question is about scale – and the choice between cabinets and rooms.