Dry Blasting Essay

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1] Abrasive Technique: Abrasive technique is the mechanical technique to make the surface ready for printing or bonding. It serves only to increase. It increases the surface area of the material by "roughening" the exposed areas prior to coating, printing or adhesive bonding. Mechanical abrasion can be achieved by dry blasting, wet blasting or hand/machine blasting. To remove particulates or residues, a sol vent wash usual l y follows mechanical abrasion. In many cases, the spent abrasive materials fall under the classification of hazardous substances and must be disposed of accordingly. 2] Liquid Cleaning: Liquid cleaning can be very useful for removing gross contamination. Fluid cleaning techniques for polymer surfaces fall into three main …show more content…

Hand wiping can be done with a variety of sol vents, combination of sol vents, or an aqueous solution of various chemicals. Hand wiping can result in inconsistencies in quality due to either human error or the redeposition of soils onto the surfaces being cleaned from contaminated rags used in the process. Surface treatment by solvent cleaning is most beneficial in those cases where swelling of the polymer surface, due to solvent absorption, results in a rougher morphology that can improve the adhesion of coatings without adversely affecting the substrate's mechanical properties. The process uses inexpensive equipment and works reasonably well in many cases such as in the surface preparation of molded polymer parts for subsequent paint adhesive, or coating application. Solvent treatment processes can be conducted through wiping, immersion, spraying, or vapor degreasing. Typically, high-vapor pressure organic solvents (alcohols, ketones, toluene, etc), chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents (eg, Freons, or 1,1,1-tri chloroethane) or low-vapor pressure organic solvents (terpenes, isoparaffins, lactates, esters, etc) are used in these processes. The major drawbacks of the technology are the environmental and process hazards associated with the use of large quantities of …show more content…

A low-frequency (typically 10-20 kHz) generator and step up transformer usually provide the high voltage to the electrode. In each half-cycle the applied voltage (20 kV peak) increases until it exceeds the threshold value for electrical breakdown of the air gap, causing the atoms and molecules to become ionized and creating an atmospheric plasma discharge. The voltage eventually peaks and falls below the conducting threshold. Each cycle consists of two such events involving current flow in each direction. In continuous operation the discharge appears to be a random series of faint sparks in a blue-purple glow (uv radiation). The point discharge generated across the pair of electrodes ionizes the gas present in the gap, which subsequently induces changes in the chemistry of the

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