4 Tips for Choosing the Right Media Blasting Cabinet

One of our biggest goals at Media Blast and Abrasives is to help users buy the right media blasting cabinet the first time they purchase. Too often, people come to our sales team because they are having issues with an existing cabinet. It’s almost always a cabinet they purchased from another company that doesn’t meet expectations. The cabinet is typically not performing as it should be or is too slow and causing frustration for the user. It usually becomes clear the cabinet was not designed for what it’s being used for when the user describes their needs.

We want to help people avoid spending money on a blasting cabinet that is not up to the task they are trying to achieve. So, we are sharing a few tips to help users choose the right media blasting cabinet the first time!

4 Tips for Buying the Right Media Blasting Cabinet the First Time

Okay, so you’re in the market for a new first abrasive blasting cabinet, or replacement of that first purchase. There are so many manufacturers to choose from, how do you know which is the right media blasting cabinet for you? 

1. Define your Goal. Before you can research which machine is right for your application, you have to understand what you want to accomplish. A few things to consider are the Daily Duty Cycle you need, what things you want to sandblast, and where the blasting cabinet is going to be located. That by itself needs at least 70 different models.
2. Compare Apples to Apples. It’s okay if you want a Low-Cost, Light Duty Cabinet, but understand what you are getting before you buy. For example, the size of the cabinet can be less important than square feet of filter it has. The gun size included for speed, and the amount of compressed air it runs on understanding small is like painting a house with a 1” brush.
3. Do Not Buy Based on Cost Alone. Budgets are important, but they shouldn’t be the only factor deciding which blasting cabinet you buy. Never let low cost alone determine what is the right media blasting cabinet for your application. Often, people want to buy a small, inexpensive cabinet at first. But as they start reviewing cabinet features, they discover some huge gaps in expectations. If you need to make money with a blast cabinet don’t buy low cost, you may want a larger air compressor first, small guns are for hobbies, seldom for profit.
4. Buy from a Trusted Manufacturer. An expert manufacturer makes a variety of machines including wet and dry blasting, siphon, gravity feed, and direct pressure abrasive, and Industrial micro delivery. They will be able to offer the right solution for your application, rather than focus on making a quick sale with a limited model line. Also, there are parts you require later in the life of the product. What you buy from outside the country today may not be available later.

To Sum It Up

We manufacturer cabinets that meet all Daily Duty Cycles, 5% to 100% and offer Wet, Dry, Siphon, Gravity Feed, and Direct Pressure abrasive delivery. Our cabinets can handle 24 to 325 mesh abrasives. We also offer Light Duty, R&D and Production models, not used for Industrial applications. Real Industrial machines are made for the fastest part processing used to make the highest profit.  This is all because we make our own blowers and blower impellers for our dust collector line.  

At Media Blast and Abrasives, we are here to help users make the right decision. If you can’t answer all the questions in our digital Buying Guide, that’s okay! Slow down and give us a call, and we will guide you through. We have been selling to users for almost 5 decades. Give us a call and find out why everyone is calling Media Blast to discuss their applications and solving their blasting problems. This does save you a lot of time and we started it all almost 50 years ago.