bead blasting glass
What Are Bead Blasting’s Applications?
| Aerospace industry | Remove rust and paint from mechanical components to remove knife marks. |
| Remove scratches on the rubber | Reflective paint for roads |
| Scratch treatment on the surface of stainless steel. | |
| Foundry industry; | Pre processing in the electroplating industry. |
| Semiconductor Industry | Crafts for exterior decoration |
Bead blasting glass : If you need to treat the surface of intricate workpieces efficiently and with an environmentally friendly approach that allows for repeated use, then choosing our glass microbeads as your blasting material is the right decision.
We can provide glass beads of different sizes for you to choose from, enabling you to achieve various levels and effects of surface treatment. Please contact our technical department now, and we will send you detailed product information.
bead blasting glass
The effects of sandblasting and glass bead blasting are entirely different. Glass bead blasting, utilizing softer abrasives, does not damage the surface of objects and can even relieve stress.
Sandblasting, however, uses harder abrasives, allowing it to handle rough surfaces, thereby improving the adhesion of coatings and friction coefficients. Furthermore, the objects treated differ.
Glass bead abrasives, with their smaller diameters, are suitable for gentler, more delicate surface treatments that avoid causing significant scratches or damage to the object itself.
Sandblasting, meanwhile, is suitable for objects where surface smoothness requirements are not high and some scratching is permissible, such as steel plate boilers and bridge steel structures. Sandblasting is also more suitable for polishing stainless steel and aluminum alloys.
Additionally, glass bead blasting exhibits higher chemical stability, as it does not react with other chemical materials, thus preserving the properties of the materials being treated.
In summary, sandblasting and glass bead blasting differ fundamentally in terms of environmental friendliness, safety, application scope, and final surface treatment effects.
You can choose the appropriate blasting technology based on your specific surface treatment requirements. Rest assured, choosing our glass bead blasting will not disappoint you; it is a worthwhile blasting material.
The choice of blasting technology depends on your surface treatment requirements and different application needs.
We emphasize again that glass bead blasting is more suitable for fine and uniform surface treatment, while sandblasting is suitable for wide-ranging, high-pressure grinding of workpieces.
Size of glass beads for blasting
Model of Bead blasting glass | Sieve Size (mesh) | Particle Size Range(μm) |
WSL17L# | 20~40 | 425 ~ 850 |
WSL 18L# | 30~40 | 425 ~ 600 |
WSL 19L# | 40~60 | 300 ~ 425 |
WSL 20L# | 60~100 | 150 ~ 300 |
WSL 21L# | 70~140 | 106 ~ 212 |
WSL 22L# | 100~140 | 106 ~ 150 |
WSL 23L# | 100~200 | 75 ~ 150 |
WSL 24L# | 140~200 | 75 ~ 106 |
WSL 25L# | 140~270 | 53 ~ 106 |
WSL 26L# | 200~325 | 45 ~ 75 |
Specification of Bead blasting glass
| Specific gravity | 2.4-2.6 g/m3 |
| Stacking density | 1.5g/cm3 |
| Type | Blasting / Shot Peening Media |
| Spherical | |
| Rockwell hardness: | 46HRC |
| Mohs | 6-7 |
| Round rate | 80% |
| Melting point | 710-730 ℃ |
| Index of refraction | 1.5—1.6 |
Sandblasting and glass bead blasting have some similarities in terms of their effects, but they actually have fundamental differences.
The main distinction lies in the abrasive materials used, the objects they treat, and the final surface effects they achieve. Sandblasting typically involves cleaning surfaces using high-speed abrasive particles.
Although the ultimate goal is to achieve a smooth surface, there are various types of sandblasting, including those using materials like quartz sand and aluminum oxide, which are relatively hard and possess a certain sharpness.
On the other hand, glass microbeads are made of spherical or near-spherical materials and are relatively soft compared to sandblasting abrasives.
Sandblasting is commonly used to remove rust, coatings, and oxide layers from metal surfaces, and it can also be applied to surfaces such as glass, wood, and plastics.
It is suitable for both rough surface treatment to increase adhesion and for finer, smoother surfaces.
