Shot Blasting & Surface Finishing

Norblast

Norblast has designed and manufactured industrial shot-blasting and shot-peening machines in Bologna, Italy since 1978. Its dedicated 3D Printing Line covers manual and automatic post-processing for parts from SLS, MJF, SLM, EBM, FDM and Binder Jetting. AM Futures supplies and supports Norblast's 3D printing post-processing machines in the UK.

3D Printing Line

Norblast's dedicated additive range — blasting and finishing machines set up for SLS, MJF, SLM, EBM, FDM and Binder Jetting parts.

Norblast 3D11B sandblasting machine for post-processing additive manufactured parts

Automatic Sandblasting

3D11B

A sandblasting machine sized for cleaning and finishing batches of 3D printed parts, with an optional Ion-Cleaning system that reduces electrostatic charge build-up on plastic powders like PA12 — a common cause of parts clinging to media or each other during blasting.

TypeSandblasting machine
Work chamber1000 × 1000 × 1000 mm
Max load15 kg
Chamber volume17 dm³
OptionIon-cleaning system for electrostatic reduction
Compatible processesSLS, MJF, SLM, EBM, FDM, Binder Jetting
Norblast Star-Blast 10 compact manual sandblasting unit

Compact Manual Blasting

Star-Blast 10

A compact manual sandblasting unit for lower-volume finishing or prototyping work, using vacuum shooting to keep media contained and recovered rather than lost into the surrounding cabinet.

TypeCompact manual sandblasting unit
Work room850 × 650 × 800 mm
Flow rate200 kg
OperationVacuum shooting

Norblast's 3D Printing Line also includes the 3DBelt, a higher-capacity belt-fed sandblaster (30 kg load, 40 dm³ volume, venturi or direct-pressure propulsion) for larger batch runs — ask our team for details.

Automatic Line

Beyond the additive-specific machines, Norblast's Automatic Line covers higher-throughput and fully automated blasting — tumble-basket and rotating-belt machines for batches of small parts, and satellite or robot-handled systems that treat parts individually with the loading and unloading run in masked time.

Massive series — bulk treatment of small parts

Norblast SD9B automatic basket sandblasting machine

SD9B

Compact vacuum-shooting machine with an integrated self-cleaning cartridge filter, for medium-to-low volumes of small parts, with an optional manual station.

Automation
Basket
Work chamber
900 × 610 × 620 mm
Basket load
5 kg / 4 dm³
Processing
Automatic / manual
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Norblast S11B automatic basket sandblasting machine

S11B

High-productivity basket machine with cyclone grit recovery and end-of-cycle automatic blow-off, running two automatic guns plus a manual station for medium-to-high volumes.

Automation
Basket
Work chamber
1000 × 1000 × 1000 mm
Basket load
15 kg / 17 dm³
Guns
2 automatic + 1 manual
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Norblast TAP automatic rotating-belt sandblasting machine

TAP

Rotating-belt machine for high-production batches of small metal parts, with PLC recipe management, automatic part inversion for unloading and Industry 4.0-ready automatic loading.

Automation
Rotating belt
Basket load
30 kg / 40 dm³
Guns
4
Shooting
Vacuum or pressure
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SAT series — satellite systems, zero-downtime

Norblast SAT2 automatic satellite sandblasting machine

SAT2

Compact satellite machine for individual treatment of small geometries, with loading and unloading in masked time. Available as a stainless-steel BIO version for biomedical components.

Automation
2 satellites + vertical axis
Max part size
Ø100 × h200 mm
Load
2 kg / satellite
Propulsion
Venturi
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Norblast SAT4 automatic multi-satellite sandblasting machine

SAT4

Multi-satellite machine that keeps blasting while parts are loaded and unloaded on an external satellite, with a dedicated blow-off station and a PLC operator interface.

Automation
4 satellites + 2 linear axes
Max part size
Ø230 × h600 mm
Load
10 kg
Propulsion
Venturi or pressure
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Norblast ROBOT-SAT robotic satellite sandblasting machine

ROBOT-SAT

Satellite machine with an anthropomorphic robot moving a single gun into any surface or undercut; different geometries are handled by changing PLC parameters rather than hardware.

Automation
2 satellites + 6-axis robot
Max part size
Ø230 × h600 mm
Load
10 kg
Propulsion
Pressure tank
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Batch-finishing SLS, MJF or metal parts?

We'll size the right Norblast machine to your part volume and material.