Aluminum Oxide Blast Media

Why Aluminum Oxide Media? It is among the hardest abrasive available and its great on new and coated steel.

Aluminum Oxide Blasting Media

Garnet is one of the very best abrasive options for many blast shop operations. Some of the benefits are listed below. High Speed, very Low Dust and the lowest Consumption rate compared to conventional abrasives highlight the advantageous of Garnet. Some of the other benefits are listed below.

    • Brown Aluminum Oxide is among the Hardest Abrasive available (only Diamond is harder)
    • Recycle 4 to 7 times
    • New and coated steel
    • Environmentally Friendly Abrasive
    • No detectable silica
    • Extremely low dust
    • Very low consumption rate on new steel (~ 1 to 2 lbs/sq. ft. at 110psi Nozzle)
    • Low embedment
    • Available in 50 & 400 lb Fiber Drums & 2000 lb Bulk Bags
    • Tech Data Sheet (PDF)
    • SDS (PDF)

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Technical data
  • Abrasive Type
    Aluminum Oxide
  • Shape
    Angular/Sharp
  • Bulk Density (lbs/cu.ft.)
    115 to120 lbs/cu.ft.
  • Specific Gravity
    3.9 g/cc
  • MOH Hardness
    9
  • Crystalline Silica Content
    None Detectable
  • Potential for Embedment
    Very Low (~1%)
  • Dust Levels
    Very Low
  • Abrasive Fracture Potential
    Very Low
  • Chloride Content
    ~ 0 ppm
  • SSPC SP-10 Near White (over new steel Rust Grade A/B)
    –
  • Production Rate (sf/hr)
    500+ sf/hr
  • Consumption Rate (lbs/hr)
    400 lbs/hr
  • Consumption Rate (lbs/sf)
    1 to 2 lbs/sf
  • # of Recycles
    4 to 7
  • Material Cost per sf : w/o Recycles (StL)
    $0.60/sf
  • Material Cost per sf: w/ Recycles (StL)
    $0.38/sf
  • Cost per Ton (FTL to StL)
    $1200 (Freight ~$85/ton)
  • QPL (< 1% Silica & < 3% Cl)
    MIL-A-22262 (SH)
  • Disposal Cost per Ton
    ~$110/ton
  • Color
    Brown/Gray