HIVE & HIVE XL
For reproducible blasting results
One of the foundations for a reliable blasting result is a constant operating mixture of abrasive grains of different sizes with an optimal grain size distribution between the new size and the separating size set in the separator.
With many blasting systems, the refilling of abrasive is not always carried out manually and, depending on the operator, quite regularly. This could lead to refilling only being carried out once one or multiple blasting turbines are out of supply.
The result is a a very fine abrasive mixture before refilling as well as a far too coarse mixture without medium grain sizes after and thus to different blasting results.
This is all the more obvious if these parts belong to a single batch, in which identical parts have been processed unequally, which would be difficult to justify to the customer.
The scope of equipment includes two abrasive probes for
detecting the minimum level of the refill bunker, as well as one for detecting the maximum level at the main storage bunker.
If the event of a repart from the probe from the main bunker, the PLC control system ensures that abrasive is automatically fed into the circuit until the required level is reached again. As a result, a constant grain operating mix is achieved.
If there is a shortage of abrasive in the HIVEs, a message is
displayed to signal to the operator that the supply is running low.
