Matting of rifle locks using glass beads

In hunting rifles, visual appearance is also a statement on product quality, and therefore very important. The product must appear well finished to the finest detail. Rifle locks are blast cleaned using glass/ceramic beads in order to create a uniform surface finish and remove machining marks.

After blasting, the surface has a velvet-like, smooth finish.

Blast cleaning is used for the matting of the lock surfaces. The locks are automatically blast cleaned using a cabinet equipped with a turntable and smaller satellite tables. The cabinet operates on a batch principle; a total of 16 locks are loaded into the cabinet at one time. The door is closed, the blast cleaning is started with a press of the Start button, and the automation ensures that all locks inside the cabinet are blast cleaned. Once the process is complete, the light beacon on top of the cabinet lights up, and a new batch of locks can be placed inside the cabinet for blast cleaning.