Blast cleaning & blasting technology
Discover the powerful cleaning method for tanks and silos: blast cleaning. With our innovative approach, we efficiently remove even the most stubborn deposits and residues to revitalize your systems.
Your specialist blasting company
As a specialist blasting company with outstanding expertise in rope technology, we specialize in silo systems / bulk storage facilities. Specialization is always necessary when indirect hazards require dynamic expertise.
Thanks to our many years of experience, we know that blasting measures can be placed very precisely without causing damage to the silo system or causing negative structural restrictions/impacts.
No blasting is carried out on instinct, but is subject to sober, analytical preliminary planning and calculation.
Gentle blast cleaning
As a specialist blasting company specializing in “blast cleaning”, we are able to place very precise charges to achieve the following:
- Bulk material loosening
- Improve bulk material flow
- Blockage removal
- Weave blasting in the bulk storage tank
- Hazard elimination through precise “micro-blasting”
- P2 Cartridge detonation without explosion or detonation effect
Blast cleaning for silo systems and bulk storage facilities
Blast cleaning, i.e. silo cleaning using blasting technology, is a supplementary technology to conventional silo cleaning methods. Our access technicians/workers at height are specialists in rope access technology and know exactly how to gain safe access to a silo facility.
Our application technology is versatile and can be used in the following types of facilities:
- Mineral bulk material storage, e.g. clinker, cement, ash, filter dust, etc.
- Organic bulk storage e.g. storage materials without ATEX potential
Blasting without a borehole is hardly functional
In order to carry out blasting cleaning as effectively and as gently as possible, it is particularly important to place the explosive charge in holes prepared for this purpose and to compact it. Without this procedure, it is called a support blasting, the explosive is simply placed on the material to be blasted and detonated. With a support blasting, you need about 4 times more explosive than with a borehole blasting.
In addition, with a support blasting, the compacted surface cracks and breaks into large chunks. There is no sign of any shattering after this blasting. For this reason, it is crucial for us to carry out effective borehole blasting with very little detonation material.
The advantages of a borehole blasting are:
- Lower explosives consumption
- Less vibration at the bulk storage tank
- Significantly increased effectiveness
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Blast cleaning significantly reduces the costs of a silo damage or emergency measure. The rope access technicians no longer have to use jackhammers or pickaxes on the silo blockage, but can remove the material blockage quickly and gently using blasting technology. This naturally also means a considerable increase in safety for the personnel deployed.
We can significantly reduce physical fatigue and a considerable drop in performance by using blasting technology. Ultimately, this also brings considerable benefits for everyone involved in terms of occupational health and working methods.
Our blast cleaning technology has already been used in many types of plant:
- Cement silo operator
- Filter dust silo systems
- Flue gas desulphurization systems
- Clinker silo systems
- Calcide silo systems
- Ash silo systems
- Raw stone silo systems
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If you are looking for a reliable partner for the maintenance and cleaning of your silo systems, NT Service GmbH is the right address for you.
Contact us to find out more about our services and how we can add value to your business.