Why is Garnet sand used for blasting shipyard?
Garnet sand is natural abrasives,belong to mineral ore.mainly from India,Australia,turkey and China.
Zhengzhou haixu abrasives co.,ltd.as manufacturer and supplier of garnet sand from China.we talk about the garnet sand used in blasting shipyard.
First,the sizes of garnet sand used for blasting shipyard,usually is 30-60mesh or 20-40mesh
Secondly,why is garnet sand used for blasting shipyard?
1.High efficient rust removal and surface treatment capabilities
Garnet sand has moderate mohs hardness 7.5-8.0,which makes it can remove dirt, rust, and old coatings from ship hulls without excessively damaging the hull’s base materials.
2.Lower cost
Compare with other abrasives such as brown/white fused alumina,silicon carbide,garnet sand has much lower cost.
3.Abundant resource
Because garnet sand is from mineral ore,it is easy to produce and easy to meet with the big requirement for shipyard blasting
So garnet sand 20-40mesh 30-60mesh are nornally used for shipyard blasting.
