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GMA Garnet Group Consumable

GMA ToughBlast™

Engineered garnet blend for heavy coatings, heavily rusted or pitted steel, tank linings, pipes, pressure vessels and offshore platforms; qualified to MIL-22262.

Description

GMA ToughBlast™ is an engineered blend garnet abrasive designed to power through heavy industrial coatings. It achieves high blast rates and the required surface profile on heavily rusted or pitted steel, and is used in shipyards, naval and offshore maintenance.

Key features

  • Engineered blend for heavy industrial coatings and 2 or 3 coat systems
  • High blast rates on heavily rusted or pitted surfaces
  • GMA garnet industrial abrasives are qualified to MIL-22262
  • Used to prepare steel alloy aircraft carrier flight decks for non-skid coatings (MIL-PRF-24667, NAVSEA 009-32) on Italian carriers

Applications

  • Tank lining maintenance
  • Maintenance of pipes, pressure vessels and offshore platforms
  • Shipyard surface preparation: a New York harbor shipyard reported 70% abrasive consumption saved after switching from slag to ToughBlast™

Specifications

QualificationMIL-22262

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