Blast Wizard Kwikblast® system - Wet blasting unit
Designed in response to customer’s needs, making it fast, effective and simple to use, thereby halving working times and cutting labour costs.
Choosing the Baseefa accredited ATEX compliant Falcon Kwikblast® System, you can be safe in the knowledge that you are working with the safest wet blasting system in the market today.
The oil and petrochemical industries have historically led the way for safety, out of necessity they need to have the safest and most reliable equipment available and they choose the Falcon Kwikblast® System because we offer the highest level of international safety standards available.
The Kwikblast system removes rust, paint, bitumen, mill scale, old coatings, chlorides, soluble salts and other surface contaminants.
Applications
Offshore
The oil and petrochemical industry leads the way for safety, out of necessity their industry demands the safest and most reliable equipment available in the market.
The Kwikblast® System offers the highest level of international safety standards being Baseefa accredited, TUV and ATEX compliant.
With over one million hours of problem free offshore blasting successfully completed last year, many of the worlds oil rigs maintenance teams are choosing the Kwikblast® System for its outstanding toughness and fast effective results.
Removes:
- Rust
- Paint
- Bitumen
- Mill scale
- Old coatings
- Chlorides
- Soluble salts
- Surface contaminants
Used for:
- Fabric maintenance
- Repainting programmes, spot repairs
- Sweep blasting
- Absailing maintenance work
- Cleaning debris from surfaces prior to welding
- Removing coatings prior to NDT preparation
- Removing sea growth from steel structures
Shipping
Dry-docking a ship for repair can cost a company hundreds of thousands of pounds in maintenance fees and lost revenue. The versatile, simple and highly portable Kwikblast® System, which can be easily used for repair and maintenance work during voyages by ride on crew.
The Kwikblast® System is equally as versatile in the drydock and has successfully been employed on steel warships, submarines and destroyers, fibreglass mine sweepers, wooden fishing boats, aluminium research vessels, oil containers, LNG vessels and cargo ships.
Removes:
- Rust
- Paint
- Bitumen
- Mill scale
- Old coatings
- Chlorides
- Soluble salts
- Surface contaminants
Used for:
- Fabric maintenance
- Repainting programmes – profiles to SA2 1⁄2
- Cleaning debris from ballast tanks
- Cleaning debris from surfaces prior to welding
- Removing coatings prior to NDT preparation
- Cleaning debris from cable trays
- Removing sea growth from steel structures
- Cleaning debris from decking
Asbestos removal
Due to ever increasing legislation, rising labour costs and the highly labour intensive process of asbestos removal,
The Kwikblast® System will blast artex and limpet residue from concrete ceilings and steel girders halving working times and cutting labour costs.
The Quill Falcon Kwikblast® System has been tested by the Health and Safety Laboratory and is accepted for use by most major asbestos removal companies.
Removes:
- Artex
- Limpet residue
- Rust
- Bitumen
- Paint
- Industrial coatings
All without damaging polythene enclosures
Used for:
- Renovation work
- Repainting programmes
- Removing coatings prior to demolition
- Past work that does not conform to today’s regulations
Highways
Due to increasing health and safety risks, highway contractors are looking for an alternative method of removing road markings.
The Quill Falcon precision dustless Kwikblast® System has revolutionised the highway maintenance industry, by removing virtually all road markings from both the surface and voids from within the road surface in seconds.
The system exceeds all previous road marking removal methods, as there is no smoke or fumes and no scorching or scarring of the road surface.
Removes:
- Permanent thermoplastic paint
- Temporary thermoplastic paint
- Temporary road marking tape
- Surface dressing emulsion
- Resin based paints
- Anti skid surfacing
Used for:
- Temporary road markings
- Zebra crossings
- White lines
- Chevrons
- Patch repairs
- Road widening projects
- Cleaning and brightening of road markings
Bridges
The Quill Falcon Kwikblast® System is so versatile it can perform both delicate precision controlled operations involving, removing one coat of paint at a time, from surfaces for repainting programmes, through to heavier more demanding applications, of cutting through concrete for repairs, etchings, inspection of steel infrastructures or demolition purposes.
The company’s highly skilled and motivated team of engineers have designed the system in response to customers needs, making it fast, effective and simple to use thereby halving working times and cutting labour costs.
Removes:
- Concrete
- Rust
- Paint
- Lead based paint
- Bitumen
- Mill scale
- Old coatings
- Chlorides
- Soluble salts
- Surface contaminants
Used for:
- Reinforcement projects
- Renovation work
- Accident repair - reveal metal reinforcing bars
- Repainting programmes – profiles to SA2 1⁄2
- Cleaning debris from surfaces prior to welding
- Removing coatings prior to NDT preparation
- Removing of damp proof coatings
Graffiti
The Kwikblast® System removes graffiti in seconds with fewer staff, no toxic risk and no trace of shadow from the graffiti, when compared to traditional methods.
The system is also extremely effective at removing chewing gum from a variety of surfaces and is already employed by many of Britains County Councils in towns and cities across the UK.
Removes:
- Car spray paint
- Emulsion paint
- Gloss paint
- Metallic paints
- Chewing gum
- Most types of paint
Used for:
- Bridges
- Motorway underpasses
- Crash barriers
- Multi-storey buildings
- Car parks
- Public buildings
- Historical monuments