KST Kugelstrahltechnik removes traces of machining processes and realizes high cleanliness values. The service provider processes bulk material and rack material, uses troughed belt shot blast machines, continuous shot blast machines and shot blast machines. It takes on both series and turnaround orders as well as just-in-time orders based on demand. "We work nationwide for forging, cutting and flame-cutting companies, for steel, container, machine and plant manufacturers, for vehicle and shipbuilding. In blasting technology, outsourcing is the more economical solution for many," says Managing Director Marco Heinemann.
The surface specialists match the abrasive, grit size and process to product and customer-specific requirements. The range of applications is broad. With small-grain 0.2 to 0.4 millimeter stainless steel and metal balls, for example, they remove tarnish marks from the quenching and tempering process - usually in a rack process. In most cases, industrial customers require a cleanliness level of SA 2.5 - some also SA 3. Heiko Gleichmann, QM representative at KST: "This requires surfaces free of any foreign contaminants, such as oils and greases, scale and rust, corrosion, oxides, foreign bodies or paint residues."