Steel grit grains are characterised by a predominantly angular shape and used as abrasive media. It’s created through the crushing ofsteel shot, and the sharp edges and broken sections only work to make it stronger. Despite this, you can find a variety of sizes and strengths for your needs.
Steel grit is an ideal abrasive media for etched surface requirements and deep descaling, and should always be moved with compressed air equipment.
Industrial applications
Steel grit is perfectly suited for aggressive cleaning applications, typical in industries such as the automotive industry. It’s often used to:
Industrial uses
Steel grit is used by a host of different industries that require surface cleaning, preparation or shot peening as part of their renovation, repair or construction processes. Some of the notable industrial sectors include:
Paint contractors, ship builders, container manufacturers, plant maintainers, pipeline manufacturers and steel fabricators all make extensive use of steel grit.
A low-maintenance option
Steel grit produces just a fraction of the 28kg of copper or platinum slag; lowering the maintenance requirements of your filtrations should you use it in blasting rooms with fitted extraction systems.
Environmental impact
Steel grit’s recyclability ranges between 2000 and 3000 cycles, generating far less waste than other expendable abrasives.
Contact the experts for more information
Over the past 30 years, Blastrite have enjoyed the dominant position in the market of abrasives and surface preparation by producing abrasive media from our own four mineral processing facilities.
If you want to know if your business could benefit from using steel grit, contact one of the experienced team members at Blastrite, and well take you through the best options for your requirements. Call +27 21 417 1700 or contact us now.