Walnut Shell Granulate
Product Information Organic Blasting Media
200 – 450 µm to 1.700 – 2.400 µm
Description: Walnut shell grits is a fibrous product made from crushed walnut shell.
Advantages: Walnut shell grits are the ideal medium for use efficient surface treatments. It is a soft type abrasive but moreover it has excellent durability without scratching, mating or damaging the work piece. They are available in a wide range of grain sizes, which guarantees tailor-made sieving is for the desired surface treatment applications.
Use: Accelerated by means of air and/or liquid, Walnut shell grits are projected onto the surface of a work piece in order to clean and polish materials, for removal soil and elastic coatings and deburring critical and fragile work pieces. Besides, it has also found a great use in the vibratory finishing industry.
Standard grain sizes
| TYPE | GRAIN RANGE (µm) |
|---|---|
| 6/12 | 200 – 450 |
| 4/6 | 450 – 800 |
| 3/6 | 450 – 1.000 |
| 16/5 | 800 – 1.300 |
| 12/3 | 1.000 – 1.700 |
| 12/3 E | 1.300 – 1.700 |
| 16/10 | 1.700 – 2.400 |
Properties
| PROPERTY | VALUE |
|---|---|
| Material | Nut shells and fruit kernels |
| Hardness | approx. 2.5 Mohs |
| Spec. weight | approx. 0.9 g/cm³ |
| Bulk weight | approx. 0.7 kg/l |
Possible Blasting Systems
| Blasting system |
|---|
| Pressure blasting machines |
| Injector blasting machines |
Packaging
25 kg bags on pallets (max. 40 bags per pallet), delivery quantity from 1 x 25 kg in a box.
