What is MicroBlasting?
Comco MicroBlasting Systems are used across multiple industries to texture, deburr, etch and machine a wide variety of materials—even the most delicate. We’ll work closely with you to land on custom solutions for your design, engineering, and manufacturing needs.
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Whether it’s deburring screws, needles or implants, removing dross from laser cut stents or machining groves in hydrodynamic seals, MicroBlasting technology has a wide range of uses.
Solutions for Every Application
Select a MicroBlasting process below to see examples of related manufacturing solutions
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Surface Texturing
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Selective Cleaning
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Precision Deburring
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Abrasive Jet Machining
Dental Implants
Texturing a dental implant accelerates osseo-integration.
Bone Screws
Texturing the surface of the screw head improves the mechanical bond with its mating fixation device.
Ceramic Wafers
Texture the surface of a silicon wafer to improve light absorption and decrease reflection.
Multi-axis Load Cells
MicroBlasting is used to cut through the black anodize and texture the surface to improve the bond with flex circuitry.
Nitinol Stents
Remove surface defects without compromising the integrity of the delicate underlying material.
Pacemaker Headers
Remove excess encapsulation that seeps out from the header during installation.
Reconditioning Turbine Blades
Refurbish either land-based gas or jet-engine turbines by removing the protective oxide layer.
Metalization on ceramic components
Remove metalization on ceramic components to improve electrical isolation.
PEEK
Unlike a knife, a rich abrasive stream at a low pressure follows the contours of the implant, covering a wider area in a single pass.
Polymers
Certain softer abrasives, like Sodium Bicarbonate, remove burrs quickly without damaging the underlying surface.
Bone Screws
Remove burrs while maintaining a sharp cutting edge. Can also create a compressive layer on the surface of the threads, which helps to improve the fatigue life.
Metals
Titanium hardens as it heats up, making it tough to machine. MicroBlasting with glass bead gently removes burrs without changing part geometry.
Lens Engraving
Etch serial numbers into lenses for ring laser gyros without creating micro-cracks.
MicroFluidics
Machine vias in glass and silicon to create through holes for MEMS devices.
Hydrodynamic seals
Etch shallow channels into the groves or channels of the surface of a seal to crate an air bearing.
Thermocouples
Remove MgO to expose contacts for bonding on heat-sensing harnesses.
Materials We’ve Worked With
MicroBlasting is an effective process for a variety of materials and compositions. Click below to view and search materials we commonly work with.
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Materials We’ve Worked With
MicroBlasting is an effective process for a variety of materials and compositions. Click below to view and search materials we commonly work with.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact us and we’ll let you know how your material(s) can be used with our MicroBlasting technologies.
Aluminum
Brass
Bronze
Copper
Ceramic
Glass
Graphite
Inconel
Kovar
Nitinol
Polypropylene
PEEK
PTFE
Silicon
Stainless Steel
Titanium
Brass
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MicroBlasting’s benefits can be a bit of a mystery. Our applications engineers have the experience and complete test facilities to process your parts. If you think MicroBlasting may be appropriate for your application, our team would love the opportunity to help you out.
