Clemco Sandblast Media Belt Recovery System

Installing a Clemco sweep-in recovery system allows you to select from a wide range of recyclable blast media — glass bead, aluminum oxide, plastic, steel shot and grit, cut wire, and more.

Expendable abrasives are inexpensive and widely available, but they break down rapidly often after just one use. The used abrasive dust must be packed for disposal, possibly as hazardous waste if it contains paint dust.

Recyclable abrasives cost more to buy, but can cut your annual media costs. For example, steel grit costs about ten times more per ton than mineral abrasives, but can be recycled hundreds of times. Depending on the application, steel grit cleans at rates comparable to mineral abrasives. And when the steel grit does break down, the dust and fine particles are carried automatically to the dust collector and are deposited in the dust drum for disposal.

Stop blasting outdoors, where weather dictates your schedule. Blast all day, even 'round the clock when production needs demand it — without stirring discontent among your neighbors or the EPA.

A sweep-in recovery system, with a high-efficiency dust collector, is an economical alternative to a full-floor recovery system. It can be installed in an existing blast room or ordered with a new enclosure.

A sweep-in recovery system automatically cleans recyclable abrasives and transports the good media to the blast machine. Your operators blast until media builds up on the enclosure floor; then they use brooms, shovels, compressed air, even small tractors to push the abrasive into the recovery system.

By cleaning and recycling the abrasive, a sweep-in recovery system saves material costs, compared to using expendable abrasives. And, with an in-floor recovery system, you spend more time blasting, less time handling abrasives.