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Shot peening is a cold working process that is designed to strengthen the surface of a material, to make it more resistant to tensile stress. In shot peening, a surface is bombarded with small spheres (usually steel shot, glass beads, or ceramic beads) at high velocity. When each piece of shot impacts the surface, it […]

Like all products, there are blast cabinets at all kinds of quality levels and price points. Not everyone looking for a blast cabinet will need an industrial-use blasting cabinet. But there is a segment of the market that wants to build a blasting cabinet from materials laying around the yard. This sounds good in theory. […]

Here at Raptor Blaster, we use a BNP style blasting gun in all our blast cabinets. There are a ton of reasons we prefer this style of blast cabinet gun. For one, this style of abrasive blasting gun is easy for the blast cabinet operator to use. Many down-market blast guns don’t provide a comfortable […]

You may be wondering whether to buy a wet blast or dry blast cabinet. Both have advantages and disadvantages. Let’s look at each type of blast cabinet, and what type of sandblasting jobs each one is best suited towards. Dry Blast Cabinets The most common type of abrasive blasting cabinet is a dry blast cabinet. […]