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Abrasive Blasting Equipment Market size is set to grow by USD 148.3 million from 2024-2028, Rapid growth in aerospace healthcare and furnishing industries boost the market, Technavio

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NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The global abrasive blasting equipment market size is estimated to grow by USD 148.3 million from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of about 5.36%  during the forecast period. Rapid growth in aerospace healthcare and furnishing industries is driving market growth, with a trend towards leveraging e-commerce to increase market penetration. However, growing use of automation  poses a challenge. Key market players include ABShot Tecnics SL, AGTOS GmbH, Airblast BV, Axxiom Manufacturing Inc., BLASTCORE LLC, Burwell Technologies, Clemco Industries Corp., Empire Abrasive Equipment, Graco Inc., Guyson Corp., Kramer Industries Inc., ProBlast Inc., Raptor Blasting Systems LLC, Sintokogio Ltd., Surface Finishing Equipment Co., Tip Plus Corp., torbo ENGINEERING KEIZERS GmbH, Trinco Trinity Tool Co., Viking Corp., and Vixen Surface Treatments Ltd..

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Abrasive Blasting Equipment Market Scope

Report Coverage

Details

Base year

2023

Historic period

2018 – 2022

Forecast period

2024-2028

Growth momentum & CAGR

Accelerate at a CAGR of 5.36%

Market growth 2024-2028

USD 148.3 million

Market structure

Fragmented

YoY growth 2022-2023 (%)

4.99

Regional analysis

APAC, North America, Europe, South America, and Middle East and Africa

Performing market contribution

APAC at 53%

Key countries

China, US, Germany, UK, and Japan

Key companies profiled

ABShot Tecnics SL, AGTOS GmbH, Airblast BV, Axxiom Manufacturing Inc., BLASTCORE LLC, Burwell Technologies, Clemco Industries Corp., Empire Abrasive Equipment, Graco Inc., Guyson Corp., Kramer Industries Inc., ProBlast Inc., Raptor Blasting Systems LLC, Sintokogio Ltd., Surface Finishing Equipment Co., Tip Plus Corp., torbo ENGINEERING KEIZERS GmbH, Trinco Trinity Tool Co., Viking Corp., and Vixen Surface Treatments Ltd.

Market Driver

The global abrasive blasting equipment market is experiencing significant growth due to the increasing adoption of e-commerce platforms. With the rise of e-commerce sales, both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions have seen a surge. This trend is particularly noticeable in developing and underdeveloped countries where internet penetration and mobile app usage are expanding rapidly. Vendors and distributors of abrasive blasting equipment are capitalizing on this opportunity by increasing their online presence. They are selling their products on popular e-commerce websites such as Amazon and eBay, enabling them to reach a wider customer base and process orders from distant locations. This shift to e-commerce also benefits buyers, who can compare products and read reviews before making a purchase. The convenience of easy payment, packaging, and tracking options are expected to attract more vendors and buyers to the global abrasive blasting equipment market during the forecast period. 

The Abrasive Blasting Equipment market is witnessing significant growth due to its wide application in various industries. Key trends include the use of sand blasting machines for graffiti removal and surface preparation in manufacturing sectors, marine maintenance, and the automobile sector. Robotics and automation are also driving innovation in this space, with companies like Empire Abrasive Equipment leading the way. Wet blasting, vacuum blasting, centrifugal blasting, soda blasting, and various other methods are gaining popularity. Abrasive materials like Aluminum oxide, steel grit, and glass beads are commonly used. The market caters to different capacity requirements, from portable/mobile equipment to stationary/fixed installations above 3000 L. Key industries include petrochemicals, aerospace & defense, oil & gas, construction, and automotive. Sales are made through direct sales (OEMs), sales through distributors, and sales through online channels. Cost is a significant factor, with prices varying based on the size and type of equipment. 

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Market Challenges

The global abrasive blasting equipment market is experiencing significant changes due to increasing safety regulations and the adoption of automation. Automation is transforming industries such as oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, and chemicals, improving productivity and enabling companies to gain a competitive edge. Automated blasting systems, consisting of robotic arms, handling tools, conveyors, indexing tables, and sensors, are increasingly being installed in factories for more efficient workflows. Rapid advancements in software programming and vision technologies are expanding the scope of robot applications, enhancing accuracy, quality, and speed. These developments are driving the industry to replace manual blasting equipment with automated robotic systems, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and increasing efficiency.The Abrasive Blasting Equipment market faces several challenges in various industries. Rust and surface contaminants on metals like steel, aluminum, cast iron, and even national monuments require effective blasting solutions. Silicon Carbide, Glass Beads, Crushed Glass Grit, and other abrasives are commonly used for blasting. Wood, acrylic, fiberglass, and paint on plastic surfaces also need careful handling. Challenges include removing old paint and coatings for Paint Spraying & Coating applications, maintaining aircraft in the Aviation industry, and restoring historical structures. Blast cleaning methods like Airblast (dry and wet sand-blasting types) are popular. Companies like Midwest Finishing Systems and Clemco Industries Corp. Provide sandblasting machines. Environmental concerns, such as wastewater disposal and noise pollution, are growing issues. New blasting types, control systems, and tank capacities are being developed to address these challenges. Electroplating and pre-treatment processes also rely on abrasive blasting. Communication and training are essential for efficient operation. Increasing industrialization in metropolitan areas and the demands of industries like aerospace further fuel the market’s growth.

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Segment Overview 

This abrasive blasting equipment market report extensively covers market segmentation by  

End-user 1.1 Manufacturing1.2 Construction and maintenance1.3 OthersType 2.1 Semi automatic2.2 Automatic2.3 ManualGeography 3.1 APAC3.2 North America3.3 Europe3.4 South America3.5 Middle East and Africa

1.1 Manufacturing-  Abrasive blasting is a crucial process in metal manufacturing, used for smoothing rough surfaces and removing burrs. Key industries, such as automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, foundry, and rail, rely heavily on abrasive blasting equipment for surface finishing and peening. The automotive industry’s growth, driven by increasing disposable income and declining crude oil prices, will boost demand for these machines. Applications include vehicle manufacturing, refurbishing used vehicles, and restoring various structures like trolleys, antique cars, tanks, and railway carriages. Overall, the expanding automotive market and various applications will fuel the demand for abrasive blasting equipment in the foreseeable future.

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Research Analysis

The Abrasive Blasting Equipment Market encompasses various techniques such as graffiti removal, surface preparation for manufacturing sectors, marine maintenance, and more. These methods include wet blasting, shot blasting, vacuum blasting, centrifugal blasting, soda blasting, steel grit blasting, bristle blasting, pencil blasting, bead blasting, and manual abrasive blasting. Abrasive materials used range from Aluminum oxide, Silica sand, Glass beads, Plastic media, and high-pressure water. The market caters to diverse industries like the Petrochemical industry, with direct sales (OEMs), sales through distributors, and sales through online channels. Cost-effective solutions and advanced technology drive the market’s growth. Techniques like sandblasting and abrasive material blasting are essential for efficient surface preparation. Other methods like wet blasting and vacuum blasting offer advantages such as reduced dust and improved efficiency.

Market Research Overview

Abrasive blasting is a versatile industrial process used for cleaning and preparing surfaces for various applications. It involves the use of high-velocity abrasive particles to remove unwanted deposits, rust, paint, and other surface contaminants. The process can be carried out using different types of blasting equipment such as sandblasting machines, shot blasting, wet blasting, vacuum blasting, centrifugal blasting, soda blasting, steel grit blasting, bristle blasting, pencil blasting, bead blasting, and more. The market for abrasive blasting equipment caters to various industries including manufacturing sectors, automobile sector, marine maintenance, graffiti removal, petrochemicals, aerospace & defense, oil & gas, construction, and automotive. Equipment sizes range from less than 1000 L to above 3000 L, with options for portable/mobile and stationary/fixed systems. Abrasive materials used include Aluminum oxide, Silica sand, Glass beads, Plastic media, Corn Cob Grit, Silicon Carbide, and more. Environmental regulations, high pressure, workplace safety standards, cost, noise emissions, and dust are significant factors influencing the market. Applications include commercial development, cleaning surfaces, coal sag removal, preserving national monuments, and restoration. Industries like aircraft maintenance, cast iron, fiberglass, wood, acrylic, and paint spraying & coating also utilize abrasive blasting equipment.

Table of Contents:

1 Executive Summary
2 Market Landscape
3 Market Sizing
4 Historic Market Size
5 Five Forces Analysis
6 Market Segmentation

End-userManufacturingConstruction And MaintenanceOthersTypeSemi AutomaticAutomaticManualGeographyAPACNorth AmericaEuropeSouth AmericaMiddle East And Africa

7 Customer Landscape
8 Geographic Landscape
9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
10 Company Landscape
11 Company Analysis
12 Appendix

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JAMS Launches AI for Enterprise Job Scheduling: JAX and JAMS MCP, on the Model You Choose

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A new AI agent and an open-standard connector let IT teams query, diagnose, and manage automation in plain language, on the model they choose, with operational data staying inside their own network

LONDON, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JAMS Software, an orchestration solution for scheduled and event-driven automation, today announced the general availability of two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client, and JAMS MCP, a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard that brings JAMS into external AI coding tools. Both capabilities ship at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

Automation environments grow faster than the teams that run them. Jobs multiply across SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, SAP, JDE, and Banner, and when one fails, finding the root cause often means searching several consoles at once, frequently outside business hours. At the same time, IT leaders carry pressure to adopt AI while staying accountable for where operational data goes. JAX and JAMS MCP close both gaps together.

Full details on how JAX and JAMS MCP work, including the control model behind every action, are available at jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

JAX is an AI agent that runs inside the JAMS Web Client. It finds jobs, troubleshoots failures, and answers how-to questions in plain language, with each response grounded in the JAMS user guide and checked against a built-in glossary. JAX acts only when a user asks it to. Reads flow freely, and every write action pauses for the user’s explicit approval before it runs. JAX does not learn between sessions, and conversations are not retained on the server.

JAMS MCP is a connector, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, that brings JAMS into the AI tools engineering teams already use, including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. Users query jobs, investigate failures, and manage runs in plain language without leaving their tool.

Both capabilities run inside the customer’s own network and act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions. There is no elevated AI account: whatever a user cannot do in the JAMS interface, JAX and JAMS MCP cannot do on that user’s behalf. Every JAX and MCP operation is recorded in its own dedicated log, and changes made through the JAMS API land in the JAMS audit trail like any other change. Customers choose their own AI model, whether a commercial provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic or a model running entirely on their own hardware, and JAMS never trains on customer data. In the current release, neither feature edits or deletes a job, folder, schedule, or agent definition. For teams that must keep operational data within a defined boundary, JAX runs on a local model entirely inside the customer’s own network, so nothing leaves at all.

“Adopting AI usually means giving something up, most often visibility into where your data goes,” said Pete Hegland, Chief Executive Officer of JAMS Software. “We built JAX and JAMS MCP so that trade does not have to happen. Every action runs as the signed-in user, every change waits for approval, and the model itself can run entirely inside your own network.”

“IT teams across the United Kingdom and EMEA tell us the same thing: they want the benefit of AI without losing sight of where their data goes,” said Greg McLaughlin, Account Executive for EMEA at JAMS Software. “JAX and JAMS MCP let them keep operational data inside their own network and still get answers in plain language. That combination is what makes this practical for the teams I work with.”

JAX and JAMS MCP are available now to all JAMS Web customers across the United Kingdom and EMEA, with no separate licence, SKU, or additional cost. AI-assisted creation of new jobs and workflows from a plain-language description is on the roadmap for a future release, gated by the same approvals and permissions as every other action.

Learn how JAX and JAMS MCP work at https://jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

Fast facts

JAX is an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client for job scheduling and workflow automation.JAMS MCP is a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, for Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex.Both act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions, and there is no elevated AI account.Customers choose the AI model, including a local model that runs entirely inside their own network.JAMS never trains on customer data.Both are available now at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

About JAMS Software

Founded in 1987, JAMS Software is an orchestration solution that helps IT teams centralize, automate, and manage scheduled and event-driven jobs across complex, hybrid environments. Over 850 customers rely on JAMS to run their automated workloads. JAMS Software, LLC is headquartered at 108 Patriot Drive, Suite A, Middletown, DE 19709.

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BEIJING, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:

Located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the Tarim 1.2 MTA Phase II Ethylene Project and its supporting green and low-carbon demonstration facility of PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, are offering a new example of China’s low-carbon industrial transformation.

Watch the video to discover how CNPC is exploring a cleaner and more circular future for the industry.

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Shanghai Electric showcases embodied intelligence robot matrix and AI-native smart factory solutions at WAIC 2026

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Featuring humanoid robots with 41 degrees of freedom, pipe‑inspection robots with ±1mm positioning accuracy, and 51 industrial‑grade AI agents

SHANGHAI, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Operations in high-end equipment manufacturing often involve confined spaces, complex objects, and fine manipulation tasks that demand sustained and stable precision. At the recent 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC 2026), Shanghai Electric (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727) showcased its comprehensive portfolio of embodied intelligence solutions tailored to a range of industrial scenarios.

Themed “AI for All: Smart Squad, Shining Without Limits,” Shanghai Electric highlighted its capabilities across embodied AI robots, robot core components, and AI-native smart factory solutions, demonstrating end-to-end capabilities spanning complete robot systems, critical parts, industrial software, and smart factory architecture.

“The true value of embodied intelligence lies in understanding real industrial tasks: combining the strength, precision, and stability of machines with human experience and judgment to drive a genuine paradigm of ‘machine-assisted, human-machine collaboration,'” said Wang Chunlei, deputy general manager of the Robotics Business Unit at Shanghai Electric Automation Group.

Shanghai Electric’s robotics portfolio covers five key industrial scenarios: connector insertion, electrical operations, flexible sorting, intelligent assembly, and pipe processing. Highlights include:

“SUYUAN” bipedal humanoid robot: With 41 degrees of freedom for enhanced mobility, it is equipped with a multimodal visual sensing system on the head and torso, along with a dual-battery hot-swap system. It is well-suited for inspection, material handling, and assembly tasks.”TUOYUAN” industrial wheeled humanoid robot: Powered by an embodied intelligence foundation model and force-position hybrid control, it is capable of multi-spec connector insertion, material sorting, and loading/unloading of automotive sheet metal parts.”Mermaid” bionic wheeled humanoid robot: Capable of autonomously identifying buttons, knobs, and air switches, it generates real-time operation paths.Autonomous pipe inner-wall chamfering robot: Designed for confined spaces, it can position and process thousands of hole edges with accuracy within 1 millimeter while transmitting data in real time.

Shanghai Electric also showcased its portfolio of core components ranging from power-output to end effectors. Among them, the planetary roller screw offers more than three times the load capacity of traditional ball screws, while the DexHand dexterous hand is designed to meet diverse gripping and manipulation requirements.

Shanghai Electric launched 51 AI models and agents under its “StarCloud Intelligent Manufacturing” series across three domains: R&D and design, production and manufacturing, and operations and maintenance—covering critical equipment processes such as process optimization and wind power facility maintenance.

These industrial agents are embedded in robotic decision-making systems and the operational logic of AI-native smart factories, transforming industrial expertise into digitized, reusable capabilities. They support production-line scheduling, quality inspection, and predictive maintenance, driving the evolution of manufacturing systems from experience-driven to data-driven operations.

Shanghai Electric also released the “AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper,” proposing an active evolution architecture that enables real‑time, closed‑loop optimization of production data, giving the factory self‑perception, self‑decision, and self‑execution capabilities. Built on First Principles, the AI‑native smart factory vertically integrates process flows, industrial software, agents, and smart equipment to dismantle traditional hierarchies while horizontally bridging data silos. The architecture features three core layers: the AI factory brain as the “control center,” industrial agents and embodied robots as the “execution network,” and the physical twin as the “digital mirror.”

Leveraging its deep industrial expertise and comprehensive solution capabilities, Shanghai Electric will continue to drive the implementation of AI in industrial settings, tackle technical challenges facing embodied intelligence in complex scenarios, accelerate the large‑scale deployment of AI‑native smart factories, and deliver replicable solutions across diverse manufacturing environments.

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