Home Forums General Discussion Media, Shot, Beads, etc. reuse of floor/leaked shot while keeping good mix

Hello everyone,
I would like to know how did you handle/reuse of shot leaked/on the floor/recycled arround the shot peening machine. (falling from product, escaping from the tunnel etc...).

How did you pick it? shovel and broom, hard work, or special vacum?

How did you reuse it? It's hard to maintain our operating mix/sieve analysis up to standard when we reuse this mix. By definition diameter in it is not constant, and for sure lower than with new shot.
We are thinking about using a sweco/screening device to allow reuse of this mix more easily.
Maybe inline (in addition to the air separator), or more probably offline, to sort the shot before to put it back in the machines.

Did anybody have such installation, or similar problems? Did you use different strategies, for example two shot bunker, one for brand new shot, the other for recycled one (and the machine manage mix)

Thank you!

My solution was to use a Vileda 1-2 spray mop with magnetic strips inserted. This picked almost all of spilled steel shot.

It would help to use the Sweco screens placed on the machine (not offline).
You should be cautious if you have more than one size and one hardness of shot in your facility. It could be mixed while on the floor and cause intensity issues.

Thank you Jack, sweco inline would be instead of the air separator, or after it, to sort what have been rejected by the separator?
Luckily we work only with one type of shot.

Interesting!

Sweco is preferred since air separators are not efficient enough to maintain media quality.