Metals that are repeatedly exposed to a substance can begin to corrode over time. Some metals are more prone to corrosion than others and some metals can even begin to rust, both of which are usually identified by a change in appearance on the surface of a metal. As...
It’s been a busy few months for our water jetting teams here at Hydroblast – even more so than usual. We’ve been busy working on a vast range of jobs, one of which was a large hydrodemolition job that we recently completed in Sheffield. The task at...
Formwork Cleaning with Hydroblast’s New Nozzle What is formwork? Formwork is a type of mould that wet concrete is poured into to create a desired shape. This is commonly used in construction to create concrete shapes, pillars and staircases, to name but a few....
A Yorkshire ‘energy from waste’ plant, which burns waste timber to produce electricity, needed some serious love and attention. The client, a leading electricity supplier, E.ON, retrieve their waste timber from broken pallets, old window frames, doors, and...
The Problem Hydroblast was recently contacted by a large polymer and resin manufacturer who had a big problem with one of their mixing/reactor tanks. The ratio of substances wasn’t quite right in one of their tanks and this had resulted in the entire mixture...
The Problem The Armed Forces do an amazing job for our country. We were privileged to be asked to clean a number of mixer trucks and four-wheel drive vehicles which had been used by the Army in the Falklands. The vehicles had been well used and had not been cleaned...
