Advantages of PMB for Non-Aircraft Applications (PMB) Part 1
Advantages of PMB for Non-Aircraft Applications
The major economic and environmental rewards associated with the application of Plastic Media Blasting (PMB) to aircraft airframes have been advertised and discussed extensively in technical reports and in aircraft publications. Often overlooked, however, are advantages inherent in the technology that relate to non-aircraft applications. These include:
1. The ability, often, to remove coatings one layer at a time, leaving primer and surface fillers intact if desired.
2. The ability to remove coatings from most metal substrates without pitting, etching, stretching, warping or metal loss.
3. The ability to remove coatings from both flexible and rigid urethane and engineered plastic parts without laborious hand or mechanical sanding.
One has only to talk to an experience re-finisher of ground transportation equipment to appreciate these advantages.
If there is one facet of the PMB technology which most impresses the layman, it is the appearance of substrates after stripping. Steel substrates, for example, appear brand new and the look on a customer’s face when he picks up his parts often borders on disbelief.