Blast Cleaning the World's Oldest Parts

Author:  Michel Cardon
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
Doc ID:  2007006
Year of Publication:  2007
Abstract:  
When Tilghman published the very first patents covering sand blasting in 1870, he listed many potential applications for the process from castings to etching tombstones, glass decorating to cleaning ship hulls.