New Guyson blast finishing equipment to be exhibited at TCT Show

This exhibition covers all aspects of 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM) and rapid prototyping, and Guyson can be visited on Stand No. J26.

Showing for the first time at ‘TCT + Personalize’ will be a variation of the Guyson Euroblast 6SF blast cabinet which has been devised especially for the additive manufacturing (AM) market. These particular Guyson AM bead blast systems, the smaller Euroblast 4SF ‘AM’ was shown last year, are designed for the additive manufacturing market where the blasting of stainless, aluminium, titanium or Inconel built components is often undertaken as is often the case with aerospace and medical components.

Some of these exotic materials have the potential to create explosive dust when blasted, so special provision is made with these Guyson blast systems to mitigate those risks.

The Guyson ‘AM blast systems’ can be specified with a variety of options that can be chosen from, depending on the level of perceived risk involved, options including: full earth braiding to the cabinet, gun, dust collector and hose and include ground nuts on all the main contact points to prevent any static spark generation and also anti-static fabric gauntlets to allows the operator greater flexibility when blasting whilst preventing media escape. Also externally located LED lighting, for good illumination of the blast area, so as to not create any chance of a spark within the blast chamber.

The Guyson AM blast cabinets are complemented with the new range of AM specified dust collectors. Guyson will be exhibiting the mid-range C600-AM dust collector designed to accompany the Euroblast 6SF–AM also on show. Again conscious of the explosive potential of some of the materials that can be involved in additive manufacturing, the C600-AM dust collector has a host of features and options to minimise risks including: explosion relief valve, explosion isolation valve, secondary HEPA filtration, waste bin balance pipe. This enables dust collection in a plastic bag (located in the collection bin hopper) that can be quickly sealed on removal, minimising dust in the open atmosphere and a waste bin level sensor. Depending on the specific zone or environment, the AM dust collector range can be specified with fully ATEX compliant motor, controls and switchgear.

Mark Viner, Guyson International’s commercial director, explained: “The Euroblast 6SF-AM is just one of a range of seven standard cabinet sizes in which Guyson’s premier quality Euroblast cabinets is supplied, a range that also includes sit-down and variable height cabinet designs, together with choices of blast guns, suction or pressure fed operation and a vast range of options and special features to aid component handling”.

“The additive manufacturing sector is a key market for us here at Guyson and we work with many organisations, both in the UK and globally, from equipment manufacturers to end users and rapid prototype organisations. It makes sense that we tailor our product to meet the exacting standards that this new and growing sector demands.”

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