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PRETREATMENT, SURFACE PREPARATION, DEGREASING & CLEANING
WE ARE AT SURFACE WORLD LIVE 2020
Straaltechniek UK Revolutionises
Tension Control Bolts Blasting Process
TCB (Tension Control Bolts)
manufacturers of Tension
Control Bolts and the
innovative Shear Wrench
System who supply the
worlds largest construction
projects such as the
recently renovated Forth
Bridge, needed help to
improve the productivity of
their blasting production
process and improve
surface profi le quality prior
to downstream processes.
After consultation with a number of blast
equipment manufacturers they decided to
commission Straaltechniek UK. Straaltechniek
demonstrated that the latest 400 Litre
capacity Rubber Belt Batch Barrel Blast
Machine with High Performance Long Life
Blast Wheel technology coupled with
optimised abrasive selection could
significantly increase productivity and achieve
the surface profile quality TCB required.
Ray Macera (General Manager) at TCB
explained ‘From our initial meeting with
Straaltechniek their approach and interest
in our challenges stood out from the crowd.
The professionalism of their presentation
and understanding of our requirements,
alongside Quality,Cost and Delivery
commitments, gave us the confidence to
make our final decision.
Straaltechniek UK’s Service Division
reviewed our existing equipment and
rapidly identified where there were
opportunities for improvement with the
current blasting operation. The adjustments
and recommendations on our existing
machine coupled with the prospective
equipment performance enhancements
on their new machine validated the decision
to choose Straaltechniek as a strategic
working partner’
Ray went on to say ‘after a successful
delivery, installation and commissioning
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Ray Macera (General Manager)
TCB
process the performance of
the Straaltechniek machine
measured against our
existing equipment has been
quite significant with blast
times reduced by 50%. Based
on this we have ordered two
High Performance Long Life
blast wheels to be retrofitted
as part of an Equipment
Modernisation Programme
on our existing machine.
This will ensure that we have
matched capacity on both
Blast machines to ensure
they can operate in tandem.
This will result in a win, win
situation protecting the future
capacity of TCB’s production
process’
Straaltechniek UK STR-RB400-2 Rubber
Belt Batch Barrel Blast Machine
Jay Dorling (Sales Director)
at Straaltechniek commented
‘there were so many facets
of our operation which
‘ticked’ all the boxes at TCB.
New and latest design of
machine’s, High Performance
Long Life Blast Wheels, years
of experience and knowledge within the
industry, service and spares back up and
Equipment Modernisation Programmes (EMP)
all contributed to what has been a highly
successful partnership’
JANUARY 2020
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