Broken steel shot
Effective abrasive for production tasks
Who was broken steel shot created for?
Broken steel shot is the material of choice for companies requiring intense abrasive action and consistent quality. Its sharp structure ensures high effectiveness in removing scale, rust, paint, and old varnish coatings. It is commonly used in facilities where rapid cleaning is crucial, such as before hot-dip galvanizing or powder coating. It is a good solution for companies that value aggressive material performance, prioritizing low unit price without considering the process from a total cost of ownership (TCO) perspective. For facilities operating multi-shift operations, with high production volumes, and requiring maximum abrasive efficiency, it is worth considering switching to more advanced solutions with a focus on durability.
Production method and structure are the key to success
Cracked steel shot is produced by crushing spherical steel shot. This form gives it its characteristic aggressiveness, ensuring intensive action on the cleaned surface. High-quality steel, precisely heat-treated, ensures an optimal balance between hardness and resistance to breaking and chipping. The irregular shape allows for effective access to hard-to-reach areas and a deeper roughness profile – essential in applications requiring strong coating adhesion.
Tell us about your company’s situation and see if broken steel shot can solve your problem.
Ask about your company’s situation and we will advise you how broken steel shot can solve your problem.
A basic abrasive for a wide range of applications
Unlike classic ball shot, broken steel shot has sharp edges and an irregular structure, allowing it to “bite” into the surface even more effectively, removing scale, paint, rust, and varnish. Its shape makes it excellent at removing stubborn contaminants while also preparing the surface for further processing, improving coating adhesion. This abrasive is appreciated for its repeatability and low unit price.
In which industry is broken steel shot suitable?
Onshore and offshore shipbuilding industry
The reliability of anti-corrosion coatings is crucial in the aggressive marine environment. Perfect adhesion is required, based on a precisely controlled roughness profile. At the same time, the scale of projects requires reducing the risk of any machine downtime or complaints about the applied anti-corrosion systems. Steel shot ensures optimal, sharp-edged grain geometry, essential for achieving an aggressive and precisely controlled surface profile. This profile is the foundation for maximum adhesion and extended structure life.
Production of agricultural machinery
Durable coatings are essential due to contact with soil and chemicals, but complex profiles and welds require complete cleaning in a short time. Ineffective separation and dust formation destabilize the process and increase operating costs. Steel shot guarantees thorough cleaning of hard-to-reach areas and the removal of old coatings, allowing for maximum utilization of the pneumatic process’s potential.
Production of steel structures and products
For companies producing diverse production runs, shot blasting is often one of the most demanding stages, especially when deadlines are tight. Broken steel shot is a material that effectively removes rust, scale, and paint, preparing surfaces for subsequent processes such as painting or galvanizing. Its sharp structure and intense action make it suitable for standard applications where speed and simplicity are key.
Is your company from a different industry? No problem!
Thanks to a wide range of fractions, crushed steel shot can be adapted to any production environment. Alumetal-Technik provides not only supplies but also engineering support, laboratory abrasive testing, and assistance in implementing optimal process parameters. Thanks to our strategic location in central Poland, we ensure deliveries within 48 hours. Regular deliveries from Germany, Serbia, and Asia allow us to maintain stable stock levels and on-time deliveries to customers.
Faster, cheaper, more effective We implement effective processes surface treatment
How to choose broken steel shot for the shot blasting process?
How do we introduce broken steel shot to our clients' companies?
Process Analysis – We don't begin projects without a thorough understanding of the current process. Therefore, in the initial phase of the project, we carefully analyze the client's current challenges and problems to identify potential optimization opportunities. If we jointly determine that the current state can be improved qualitatively and economically, we continue the project.
Measurements and testing – We come to the client for a process audit. We verify machine settings, collect samples, interview operators closest to the process, check the surface blasting level, and analyze the results.
Testing and training – To reduce the risk of changes introduced to the client's conditions, we conduct tests on selected materials at our testing center in Łódź. We evaluate the results, consider potential adjustments, and then prepare an action plan for the coming months. We train employees in areas that require increased attention and implement necessary procedures that will allow the team to maintain established process parameters in the long term.
Process Support – We continue our project collaboration. We provide regular support to periodically monitor the process after changes are made to the client's process. This allows clients to better understand the key quality and financial aspects of their machining.
Technical information
Attributes
Material:
High carbon cast steel
Applications:
Cleaning contaminated and degraded coatings, roughening the surface to increase the adhesion of protective coatings, unifying the appearance of the surface, removing scale, scale and burrs
Systemy śrutowania:
Rotor shot blasting machines
MOQ
1000 kg
Hardness:
63-65 HRC
Density:
min. 7,4 g/cm³
Structure:
martensitic
Packing
Seeding chart
G12 1,700 mm
G14 1,400 mm
G16 1,200 mm
G18 1,000
G25 0,710
G40 0, 425
G 50 0,300
G80 0,180