Abrasive Blasting

Infrastructure

GMA Garnet™ provides a range of high-performance garnet abrasives for civil and commercial infrastructure, delivering proven benefits and improvements in abrasive productivity and performance.

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Get a cleaner surface faster, with minimized OSH risks

Approved by paint and coating manufacturers around the world, GMA Garnet™ is the preferred garnet abrasive of major industrial fabricators, builders and commercial contractors. From commercial buildings and plant facilities to stadiums and bridges, GMA is a global leader in abrasives that provide proven efficiency gains.

Productivity

High productivity

Achieve your specified surface profile faster than alternate abrasives.

Costs

Low consumption

Complete the job with far less abrasive, reducing costs in abrasive purchase, transport, and disposal.

High Peak Density

High peak density

Generate higher peak density over alternate abrasives for unmatched coating adhesion and integrity.

Surface quality

Low embedment

60% of the average slag-blasted surface is embedded with residual abrasive. Garnet results in minimal embedment.

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Low dust

GMA Garnet™ offers the closest thing to dustless blasting, drastically improving operator visibility and reducing site contamination.

Safety

Low safety risk

Garnet is an inert mineral with little to no heavy metals creating worker risks or environmental hazards.

CASE STUDY

Twice the productivity with less than half the abrasive consumption

When Heinrich Schmid took on the maintenance work for the Salier Bridge in Speyer, Germany, they were seeking a faster performing, and less dusty abrasive.

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Commercial Structural Steel, Stadiums & Venues

  • In fabrication of structural steel GMA NewSteel™ is the fastest abrasive available for removing hard mill scale.
  • Creates the required surface profile with consistent peak density, far higher than alternate abrasives (3-5 times higher than slags) for stronger coating adhesion
  • Exceptional surface cleanliness with minimal abrasive embedment for better corrosion resistance and substrate integrity
  • With the right equipment GMA Garnet™ can provide a high level of reusability through recycling onsite
  • Inert, sustainable natural mineral, with little to no recordable heavy metals and worker hazard risks
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Bridges

  • Very low dust emissions, improving visibility and productivity particularly in confined spaces
  • High blasting and cleaning efficiency, leading to lower abrasive consumption, and lower clean-up and disposal costs than waste slags
  • Creating the required surface profile with consistent peak density for stronger coating adhesion
  • Exceptional surface cleanliness with minimal abrasive embedment for better corrosion resistance and substrate integrity
  • Inert, sustainable natural mineral, with little to no recordable heavy metals, reducing worker risks and hazards, and environmental contamination
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Water & Wastewater Storage and Treatment

  • Very low dust emissions, improving visibility and productivity particularly in confined spaces
  • High blasting and cleaning efficiency, leading to lower abrasive consumption, and lower clean-up and disposal costs
  • Creating the required surface profile with consistent peak density for stronger coating adhesion
  • Exceptional surface cleanliness with minimal abrasive embedment for better corrosion resistance and substrate integrity
  • Inert natural mineral, with little to no heavy metals reducing the potential of environmental contamination - The safest abrasive to lower risk in residential areas and for workers.
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Safely create clean, consistent surfaces

Find out how GMA can produce the range of surface profiles that your protective coatings require — safely, efficiently, and without disrupting your facility.

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