Six years after a clampdown against the alleged landfilling of grit blasting material under a 5,000sq.m concrete platform at the Palumbo shipyard, the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal has yet ...

Grit-blasting at the Palumbo shipyards, that is polluting the Cottonera area, is set to continue despite residents’ concerns over health risks associated with the airborne by-product of the ...

The problem had been eradicated from the area during the Marsa Shipbuilding days but it seems to have made a comeback since the private Italian company, Palumbo, took over the shipyards a few months ...

In a statement in the afternoon Mepa said its officials had started unearthing quantities of possible hazardous waste which had been illegally buried under layers of concrete in two sites in the ...

A specially designed valve developed by Hodge Clemco greatly increases the safety of grit blasting operations by reducing the time taken for equipment to depressurise when it is shut off. On standard ...

The stop notice on Palumbo's grit-blasting had been issued on 29 December 2010 following complaints received by MEPA, and the operator had been requested to propose mitigating measures to be adopted ...

When the maintenance team responsible for Sydney’s Harbour Bridge was given the green light to repaint the iconic bridge for the first time in its 81-year history, one of its top priorities was to ...

LA based C&C Marine and Repair has announced the opening of their new indoor, climate controlled, Paint and Blast Facility. The 83,350 square foot facility can accommodate barges up to 320’x75’x20’ ...

Robotic Grit-Blast Machine Surface preparation work for thermal spray coating applications during engine overhaul can be automated with a robotic gritblasting system like Guyson’s Model RB-9 system.

Australia is using two grit-blasting robots to clean the Sydney Harbour Bridge before it is repainted. The robots shoot out compressed air to cut through rust and old paint on the famous Australian ...