Vixen Wet blasting Solutions Brochure
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It’s time you came clean with us!

Vixen is a market leader in the design and manufacturing of wet blasting machines. Welcome Vixen’s core range of products include wet blasting machines, dry blasting cleaning cabinets and degreasing & phosphating equipment. Companies from around the globe purchase our products and we have established long-standing relationships with many world renowned organisations. We export over half of what we produce worldwide. Thousands of machines are produced in our manufacturing facility each year, but we also possess the technical capacity and expertise to develop bespoke machinery and equipment...

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The Aquablast® range is designed to simultaneously blast and degrease components in a quick and easy dustfree process to achieve outstanding finishing results on a variety of components. The principle of wet blasting The key to wet blasting is that the finish is produced through the flow of water borne abrasive. A finer finish is achieved due to the lubrication and flushing action of the water during the blasting process. Dry grit and bead blasting processes are shown here in diagrams 1 and 2, which demonstrate the severe 90o ricochet that occurs when using these methods. Diagram 3 shows...

Aquablast® applications The Aquablast® is particularly effective for: • • • • • • • Cleaning of dies and moulds Removal of paint, rust, carbon, and similar deposits Satin finishing of stainless steel and other metals Cleaning of PCBs and electrical connectors Removal of small burrs from manufactured components Blasting in environments which must remain dust free Surface preparation prior to bonding, re-painting, and re-coating The Aquablast® range offers huge benefits to a wide variety of industry sectors, including aerospace, automotive, construction and specialist manufacturing. Dust free...

Rear view of an Aquablast® 1215 showing the closed loop system. How the Aquablast® works This annotated diagram shows the 5 stages of general operation with a brief description of some of the major working components of the machine. Water/media slurry is contained within the cabinet sump. Delivery of the slurry to hand-held nozzle is via a glandless polyurethane pump and associated hoses located inside the wet blasting machine. Compressed air is added at the blast nozzle to accelerate the slurry onto the component being blasted to provide the finishing effect. Aqua Wheelblaster After...

The Vixen closed loop system is our most popular option. The image of the rear of an Aquablast® 1215 shown opposite helps to explain how the Vixen closed loop system works. The standard system works via a sedimentation box with wastewater going to the drain but there are several other options available. An electrically operated solenoid valve which only allows water to drain via the overflow after the blasting operation ceases. An adjustable time delay is set to allow the abrasive to settle in the machine hopper after which the valve opens to allow overfilling of water to drain out via the...

Standard features of the Aquablast® Aquablast® machines are available in three different model sizes: the 915, the 1215 and the 1515. Each of these machines uses the same technology that Vixen specialises in. Leg Mounted Pressure Regulator and Gauge Slam Shut Door Handle The Aquablast® comes with many standard features that are specifically designed to enhance the blasting process for the operator and achieve the best finishing results. The machines can also be fitted with a variety of optional extras depending on the application. These can range from turntables, electrical settings,...

Optional extras Shown below are a few of our most popular optional extras Aquablast® 1215 with large external load table and trolley Trolley and Turntable with External Loading Where heavy items are to be processed it is often easier to load these items external to the blast cabinet using an overhead crane or perhaps a forklift truck. Vixen offer this facility on all the Aquablast® range with standard and special load capacities where required. The turntable can be moved outside of the chamber, loaded and wheeled back in. In some cases where needed the turntables can be linked to an...

The Closed Loop system Closed loop implies that the machine will not require a drain nearby and will not consume large amounts of water. The basis for a closed loop system is a large filter unit which filters the liquid sufficiently so it may be used for the rinse gun and the window wash. Some top up or replacement of clean water will be required from time to time, but the machine will not require a continual drain supply. The window wash and rinse gun use recycled water which is pumped from the filter unit using a heavy-duty air operated diaphragm pump. The sedimentation tank is supplied...

Window Wash System The internal window wash system on a closed loop machine uses recycled water which has been filtered. This recycled water exits an adjustable flexi nozzle on the inside of the glass while the operator uses the machine. This water jetting, combined with the integral wiper maintains good visibility for the operator. On the outside there is an adjustable needle valve which enables the operator to increase/decrease the flow of the windscreen water wash for the glass. Internal Rinse Nozzle The internal rinse gun uses recycled water which is filtered from the sedimentation...

The Aquablast® 915 is the entry level machine in the Aquablast® range and brings huge benefits to a wide variety of industry sectors, including aerospace, automotive, construction and specialist manufacturing. Aquablast® 915 The Aquablast® 915 is the smallest standard machine in the Vixen Aquablast® range. Being the smallest, it still shares the very same technology and components. Although being the smallest, the power output and performance of the 915 is the same as the larger models in the range. The main features of the Aquablast® are its robustness and quality of manufacture. The...