Used grit blasting cabinets

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Companies involved in metal finishing and surface modification businesses usually have abrasive grit blasting as a process either by itself or as a pre-cursor to subsequent operations. And in this day and age as everyone tries to reduce the capital costs of equipment, more and more organizations are turning to used grit blasting cabinets as a means of reducing equipment costs. Whether you are operating a one-man shop or a multi-employee facility, you may find that investing in used grit blasting cabinets may prove to be a money saving plan.

The reason that used grit blasting cabinets have been so popular is that generally such machines are usually built quite ruggedly and not much can go wrong with them. Hence it is not as risky as buying a used cnc lathe where so many moving parts are there and many of them need to be in tight toleranced conditions. Secondly, these used grit blasting cabinets are designed to take a sizeable level of mechanical abuse right from the get go and so generally people have had few problems with these.

In proceeding to purchase used grit blasting cabinets, there are some factors that you may want to consider. For example, the age of the cabinet is something you may want to ask about. The really old ones may not necessarily suit your requirements, but cabinets that are just a couple of years old may not be that bad. Secondly, you can look at the physical appearance of the cabinet and while looks may not mean much in other areas of life, they do certainly tell a lot when it comes to used grit blasting cabinets.

Such used grit blasting cabinets can be found at auctions and plant liquidations. On-line sources such as ebay and some other on-line machinery distributors and used machinery sites may also be of value in locating them. Sometimes a bad competitor of yours who did not watch his costs or did not bother having an aggressive sales team may be a good source of finding such used grit blast cabinets. And finally the salesman that sells you your abrasive grit blast media may be a good source also, since he is in the industry that you are interested in.

Once you have purchased your used grit blast cabinets though, it may be wise to spend a couple of bucks in installing new hoses, a new nozzle and probably replace the sight window and install new gloves. A coat of paint may simply be the last step you may want to undertake to make your used grit blast cabinet look like new.