InviroGrit

Product Trade Name: Indlovu Sebenza EnviroGrit

Product Description: EnviroGrit is a no-free-silica, durable, chemically inert and granular glass particle. It is manufactured from 100% post-consumer, recycled bottle glass. EnviroGrit delivers superior performance relative to mineral/slag abrasives. EnviroGrit contains no free silica, is non-toxic and inert and contains no heavy metals as found in coal and copper slags.

Blasting with EnviroGrit: The angular particles in crushed glass, from which EnviroGrit is manufactured from, allows for aggressive surface profiling and removal of coatings such as epoxy, paint, alkyds, vinyl, polyurea, coal tar and elastomers. EnviroGrit is lighter weight than many slags, allowing for increased consumption efficiency and production time – up to 30-50% less glass grit used. EnviroGrit delivers very low particle embedment, which produces a whiter, cleaner finish. Similar to many slags, EnviroGrit has a hardness of 5.0 – 6.0 on the Moh’s Hardness Scale.

EnviroGrit and the Environment: Because EnviroGrit is manufactured from recycled bottle glass, it contains no free silica which is commonly found in blasting sand. The use of post-consumer glass directly benefits the environment by diverting waste from landfills. EnviroGrit is free of heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, asbestos, beryllium, titanium, etc., all typically found in coal and mineral slags.

Standard Mesh Sizes
	*Mesh*
	5.0 - 8.0 mm 2.0 - 5.0 mm 1.0 - 2.0 mm
	0.3 - 1.0 mm
	0.0 - 0.3 mm

Any other size is available on request

Packaging & Price: EnviroGrit media is packaged in 20kg, 12.5kg and 5kg bags.

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International Recognition: Crushed Glass, as a sandblasting grit, has been added to the Qualified Products List by the US Navy. Crushed Glass is qualified under MIL-A-22262-B, Amendment-2 - Abrasive Blasting Media Ship Hull, Blast Cleaning. Based on toxicological safety evaluations by the Naval Environmental Health Centre (NEHC), Crushed Glass Grit could be safely used for its intended purpose therefore all the above is applicable on EnviroGrit.

Application:

Abrasive Applications: FEPA-graded for coated papers and belts, standard grades for surface finishing by blasting

Inert Fillers: Graded to customer specifications for use as fillers in rubber, plastics, industrial flooring (non-skid), brick-fluxing agent, sintered mosaic tiles, tile glaze and filtration.

Decorative: Special effects. The angular particles in crushed glass grit allow for aggressive surface profiling and removal of coatings such as epoxy, paint, alkyds, vinyl, polyurea, coal tar and elastomers.

Advantages

Silica-free.

Non-toxic and inert.

Manufactured from 100% post-consumer recycled bottle glass, thus benefits the environment by diverting waste from landfills.

Produces a whiter, cleaner finish relative to mineral/slag abrasives.

Lighter weight than many slags, allowing for increased consumption efficiency and production time - up to 30-50% less glass grit used.

Locally manufactured in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa as a privately funded rural job creation project.

Technical data

Hardness: 6 Moh scale

Specific weight: 2.5 g/cm3

Bulk weight: 1.6 g/cm3

Free silica: None