Guyson International has recently installed a Guyson Euroblast 7PF (Pressure Fed) blast system at Merlin Archery, a designer and manufacturer of tournament shooting archery bows. The blast cabinet delivers a uniform bead-blasted cosmetic surface finish on Merlin’s range of machined compound bows and enhances the surface topography of components before anodising.

The Euroblast 7PF blast system is from Guyson’s premier industrial quality range and delivers good component access, with doors opening to the front, top and side. This access facilitates the easy loading of components into the internal blast chamber, which in this instance has a width of 1480 mm to accommodate the longest of the aluminium compound bow parts.

Merlin Archery’s blast system comprises a Guyson Euroblast 7PF blast cabinet, model 75/16 cyclone reclamator, G27 pressure pot and Guyson C400 dust collection unit. The system delivers fast (up to four-times faster than suction-fed systems), effective blast finishing on a vast array of components. Large armhole sleeve/glove assembly allows the operator greater flexibility of movement when blasting, while external roof-mounted LED lighting coupled with light-coloured rubber curtain lining offers additional cabinet protection and good contrast for parts visibility.

The 27-litre capacity pressure pot generates the blast stream within the blast chamber, and when the full-width foot pedal is depressed it pressurises the pot and starts the blast operation. Similarly, releasing the pedal de-pressurises the pot and stops the process. Guyson’s 75/16 cyclone reclamator separates re-usable media from the dust, blast debris and undersize media, while the C400 dust collector filters out and collects the dust-laden air from the blast cabinet using a single-cartridge filter.

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