The possibility of using technogenic formations from the production of crushed stone as an abrasive material for sandblasting steel

The paper analyzes the possibility of using crushing screenings of the Sedelnikovsky crushed stone quarry (Middle Urals) as an abrasive material for sandblasting steel. Such a mineral material is a potential cheaper and more affordable raw material for sandblasting metal products in comparison with analogues used in production (coper slag, quartz sand, metal shot and electrocorundum). Research methods include optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The steel plates were cleaned using a sandblaster. A profilometer was used to measure the surface roughness of the plates. The material characteristics of the abrasive sands studied in the article are given (crushing screenings of the Sedelnikovsky crushed stone quarry, coper slag, quartz sand, metal shot and electrocorundum). It has been established that the characteristics of common abrasive materials and technogenic formations used in terms of the quality of the resulting surface of steel plates after sandblasting are close to each other. The crushing screenings themselves belong to hazard class 4, have an average density (about 3.0 g/cm3), and contain practically no harmful impurities (unlike quartz sand and cooper slag). The treated surface after applying crushing screenings has a smoother surface with a roughness index of Ra = 7.6 (for a fraction of 0.1–0.5 mm) compared to other abrasive sands. They have a roughness index of Ra up to 15.

Vlasov I. A., Fedorov S. A., Petrenko A. S. The possibility of using technogenic formations from the production of crushed stone as an abrasive material for sandblasting steel. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2025;(12-1):62-77. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2025 _121_0_62.

The research was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Ural State Mining University No. 075-03-2025-325 dated 01/16/2025.

I.A. Vlasov¹, Junior Researcher, e-mail: vlasovbkpost@bk.ru, ORCID ID: 0009-0002-1842-8497,
S.A. Fedorov¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Leading Researcher; Senior Researcher, Vatolin Institute of Metallurgy of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620016, Ekaterinburg, Russia, e-mail: saf13d@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4201-5177,
A.S. Petrenko, Director, LLC «Sedel'nikovskij shhebenochnyj kar'er», 620016, Ekaterinburg, Russia, e-mail: 2006099@mail.ru,
¹ Ural State Mining University, 620144, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

S.A. Fedorov, e-mail: saf13d@mail.ru.

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