What blasting a header actually involves
A header is not one surface. It is a frame with a large number of things bolted to it that would be damaged by media, and the job is as much masking as blasting.
What gets prepared
- Frame, backsheet and pan.
- Auger tube and flighting.
- Skid shoes, dividers and end panels.
- Guards and covers.
What has to be protected or removed
- Bearings, seals and any exposed shaft.
- Gearboxes and drive components.
- Hydraulic fittings, hoses and cylinders — particularly rod surfaces.
- Electrical, sensors and wiring looms.
- Knife sections and guards if they are staying.
The honest advice
The more that comes off before we arrive, the better the result and the lower the cost. Masking is careful, slow work. Anything you remove is something we are not masking around and not risking.
Headers coming off the fields around Irvine, Walsh and Seven Persons carry chaff packed into every cavity. That has to come out before anything else happens, and it is the part that decides how long the job takes.
Talk it through with Matt.
Call 403-702-4435 or text a photo of the job for a straight answer.
Fastest way to a number: text a photo of what needs blasting to 403-702-4435.
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