Abrasive Blasting Test & Training Facility

Dawson-Macdonald maintains an extensive and sophisticated customer abrasive blasting test and training facility in our Wilmington Massachusetts headquarters. At our test and training facility, you can evaluate different abrasive blasting media and equipment under production conditions using your own parts.

In addition to our customer's evaluation of abrasive blast media and equipment, we can provide comprehensive hands-on safety and operator training for your employees in our test and training facility, or arrange to provide this service at your facility.


Abrasive Blasting Test & Training Facility

Dawson-Macdonald's abrasive blasting test and training facilities provide the following capabilities:

Please call us with any questions or if further information is required.



  • Demo Lab

Equipment includes:

  • Dry Pressure Blast Cabinet
  • Dry Suction Blast Cabinet
  • Plastic Media Blast Cabinet
  • Wet (Slurry) Blast Cabinet
  • Microblast Cabinet
  • Industrial Dry Ice Blast Machine
  • Various portable blast equipment:
    • Conventional Grit Blasters
    • Bicarbonate of Soda Blasters
    • Sponge Blasters
    • Dry Ice Blasters
    • Floor Preparation equipment
  • …and new types of equipment, as they become available

Having this resource available enables us to:

  • Develop specific abrasive blast process parameters to solve your specific finishing or shot peening needs by evaluating:
    • The effects of differing types and sizes of abrasive media
    • Varying pressure and abrasive flow rate
    • Varying nozzle size, stand-off distance, and impingement angle
  • Prove out potential process cost reductions and “Green” solutions
  • Demonstrate the advantages and differences between the various methods of abrasive blasting
  • Provide operator training in production techniques and maintenance
  • Process small production lots