Reduce Blasting Reject Rate on Remanufactured Parts
Reduce Blasting Reject Rate on Remanufactured Parts
1 PagesCASE STUDY www.transmet.com (614) 276-5522 engineering@transmet.com Conventional practice in shot blasting and peening is to use a media similar in hardness to the substrate. In remanufacturing, the cores have been blasted at the OEM to remove flash and burrs from the manufacturing process. Transmet Cast Shot products are softer than more commonly used media and in many cases will match the hardness of the OEM parts. TRANSMET APPROACH Steel shot, glass bead, and mineral abrasives are the most commonly used blast media in various remanufacturing operations. They are all readily available, but can be too aggressive for many remanufacturing activities. Parts are remanufactured to return to like-new OEM surface finish. Remanufacturing companies sometimes struggle to reach OEM appear
