Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms

Grit Blasting

Grit blasting is a process where abrasive particles are accelerated and forcefully directed against a surface. These high-speed abrasive particles remove contaminants from the material’s surface and condition the surface for subsequent finishing.

Hot Zinc

Hot-dip galvanizing (HDG) is the process of coating fabricated steel by immersing it in a bath of molten zinc. There are three fundamental steps in the hot-dip galvanizing process; surface preparation, galvanizing, and inspection

Powder Coating

Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension form.

Wet Spraying

Spray painting is a painting technique where a device sprays a coating (paint, ink, varnish, etc.) through the air onto a surface. The most common types employ compressed gas—usually air—to atomize and direct the paint particles. Spray guns evolved from airbrushes, and the two are usually distinguished by their size and the size of the spray pattern they produce.

Vehicle Body Repairs

The practice of fixing damaged car structures. Auto body technicians use special tools and equipment to repair body parts and refinish interiors, exteriors and spoiled metal frames of vehicles. They handle dents, scratches and more extensive damage caused by everyday use and accidents.

Plant Hire

Equipment rental, also called plant hire in some countries, is a service industry providing machinery, equipment and tools of all kinds and sizes (from earthmoving to powered access, power generation to hand-held tools etc.) for a limited period of time to final users, mainly to construction contractors but also to the industry and to individual consumers.

Micro Diggers

Small enough to fit through doorways, strong enough to do the work of ten men, Micro excavators are remarkable both for their compact size and the fact that they’re extremely powerful.

Wacker Plates

A hand-held machine for compacting unconsolidated material, for example the sub-grade or sub-base of a road, by vibrating against it.

Breakers

One that breaks, as a machine for breaking up or crushing a substance, such as rock, coal, or plant fibers.

Skip Load Dumpers

A dumper is a vehicle designed for carrying bulk material, often on building sites. A dumper is usually an open 4-wheeled vehicle with the load skip in front of the driver.

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