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Industrial Fabrication & Maintenance

GMA offers a range of high-performance garnet blast abrasives

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In-house steel fabrication and manufacturing requires unique abrasive properties to help clean, prepare and preserve the steel surface.
GMA offers a range of high-performance garnet blast abrasives that provide the cleanest and most consistent surface for maximum coating adhesion and corrosion protection, while maintaining a very low dust emissions and a safe working environment
 

Fabrication

GMA Garnet™ is ideally suited to structural steel fabrication yards where new construction and maintenance projects require hard mill scale removal. GMA NewSteel™ is the fastest cleaning mineral abrasive on the market for removing mill scale.
  • Surface Cleanliness - Exceptional surface cleanliness with minimal abrasive embedment, for better corrosion resistance and substrate integrity
  • Efficiency and consumption - High blasting and cleaning efficiency, leading to low abrasive consumption, minimizing usage and maximizing recycling.
  • Very low dust emissions, reducing risk to surrounding sensitive equipment
  • Waste management and garnet recycling: With the right equipment GMA Garnet™ can provide a high level of reusability through recycling onsite
  • GMA Garnet™ is an inert, sustainable natural mineral, with little to no recordable heavy metals and worker hazard risks
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Powder Coating

GMA’s finer grade garnet abrasives such as GMA NewSteel™ and GMA PrecisionBlast™ are uniquely positioned for the powder coating industry, able to produce the ideal exceptionally clean surface, with uniform profile and peak density, allowing for maximum coating adhesion and integrity.
  • Exceptional surface cleanliness with minimal abrasive embedment allows for better corrosion resistance and substrate integrity
  • Creates the required surface profile with consistent peak density for stronger coating adhesion
  • High blasting and cleaning efficiency, leading to low abrasive consumption
  • Very low dust emissions, reducing risk to workers and contamination to surrounding areas

Precast concrete

Perfect concrete finishing starts with GMA Garnet™. The unique blasting technique used on concrete to produce the desired texture and to expose the aggregate beneath for an architectural decorative finish is achieved via a cost effective blend of GMA Garnet™ and pyroxene.
  • Very low dust emissions, allowing for productive efficiency in projects and reducing emissions in the surrounding environment
  • A cost effective blend of garnet and pyroxene
  • High blasting efficiency, leading to lower abrasive consumption reducing blasting time and abrasive disposal
  • Waste management and garnet recycling: With the right equipment GMA can provide a high level of reusability through recycling onsite
  • GMA Garnet™ is an inert, sustainable natural mineral with little to no recordable heavy metals or worker risks & hazards.
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Why is GMA Garnet™ the preferred garnet abrasive?

Approved by paint manufacturers around the world, GMA Garnet is the preferred garnet abrasive of major oil companies, full-service shipyards, and industrial fabricators. Learn more about the benefits of the world's most advanced garnet abrasive.
  • High Productivity

    High Productivity

    Do more with GMA in less time. Reduce your costs with lower consumption, higher production rates, and shorter project times.

  • Better Surface Quality

    Better Surface Quality

    GMA Garnet cleans deep into the troughs that typical slag abrasives cannot. Get your required surface profile, and greater peak density with GMA's blends.

  • Reduced Abrasive Consumption

    Reduced Abrasive Consumption

    GMA Garnet lowers abrasive consumption by 30-50% compared to traditional slag abrasives.

  • Low Dust Blasting

    Low Dust Blasting

    GMA Garnet produces significantly lower dust emissions and improves operator visibility on site.

  • Cost-effective Blast Cleaning

    Cost-effective Blast Cleaning

    Reduce overall project costs with higher productivity and lower abrasive disposal costs.

  • Safer Abrasive Blasting

    Safer Abrasive Blasting

    GMA Garnet" abrasives meet the safety requirements of OSHA and other global regulatory bodies.

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With GMA Garnet™, a clean surface is just the beginning. Let’s talk about 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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