glass beads for bead blasting

Advantages of Using glass beads for bead blasting

 Stable Chemical Properties:

1, Glass Bead Blasting are chemically inert, meaning they do not react with other materials, preventing contamination of metal surfaces.

2. High Mechanical Strength: Glass beads are durable and resistant to breaking, even with repeated grinding, enhancing product quality and longevity.

3. Enhanced Cleaning Efficiency: Glass beads facilitate quick cleaning without affecting the precision of the components.

4. Built-in Gloss Effect: They impart a matte gloss finish to metal parts.

Applications of glass beads for bead blasting

• Surface Cleaning and Finishing: Glass beads remove oxides, residues, and foreign materials from surfaces before painting or plating, ensuring coating performance without damaging the surface.

They create a matte finish and smooth the surface for more efficient subsequent coating processes. Commonly used for stainless steel products, metal pipes, and non-ferrous metal parts.

• Deburring and Edge Removal: Metal processing often leaves burrs—sharp protrusions at the edges.

Glass beads can remove these burrs and fill gaps, enhancing safety for machines and operators and improving the product’s appearance and ease of handling.

Typically used for gold pipes, non-ferrous metal parts, semiconductor devices, and plastic tube edges.

• Precision Finishing: Due to their tiny, uniform size, glass beads (often at the nano level) blend surface defects, improve sealing and appearance, and enhance the chemical properties of materials, making them more corrosion-resistant and easier to handle. They are commonly used for cleaning precision castings, removing minor burrs, and achieving a smooth surface.

• Peening Treatment: In wet sandblasting processes, glass beads can fill cracks or fractures in metals, making them suitable for high-stress conditions. They effectively address the peening needs of springs, crankshafts, gears, medical devices, textile machinery, and various hardware products.

• Reconditioning Recycled Components: Glass beads can clean heavy grease, rust, and other materials from recycled components, restoring their original gloss and appearance through reprocessing and polishing.

• Jewelry Processing: Beyond industrial applications, glass bead sandblasting can enhance the texture and gloss of jewelry surfaces, providing artistic pieces, decorations, and interior accessories with a unique appearance and added competitive edge.

Size of glass beads for blasting

Specification of Bead blasting glass

Our Glass Bead Specifications

1. High-Quality Raw Materials: With a Mohs hardness of 6-7.

2. Uniform Shape and Size: With a roundness of at least 80%.

3. Clean and Transparent: Free of impurities, meeting both domestic and international standards.

4. Packaging: 25KG per bag with double-layer packaging for extra security.

5. Customization Available: Reasonably priced, contact us for more information.