Principle of mechanical surface treatments
Mechanical surface treatments — Principles

Shot blasting is carried out under perfectly controlled conditions that are completely different from the many uses of shot blasting for cleaning or descaling parts. The size of these beads can vary from 0.1 to 3 mm depending on the machine configurations used. All shot used must comply with a particle size distribution set by the following standards [17] . Advanced shot blasting systems often have a comprehensive and complex system for sorting broken shot using automated techniques. This is in...