The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to biodegrade in landfills. They may soon find new life, however, sandblasting jeans ...

An EHU study has found a way of using mussel shells, which usually end up on landfills, in the textile industry The Materials ...

Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (EHU), working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have shown that ground mussel shells can be used as an effective and ...

There are two approaches that can be taken when considering starting a sandblasting service. The first approach is to operate a sandblasting service from a fixed location. The second approach is to ...

Jeans with a distressed, already-worn look have been popular since the 1990s, but one way the effect is achieved is by blasting them with sand - and this can give factory workers an incurable lung ...

Let’s get something out of the way: yes, this assumes you already own or have access to a compressor. So if you do, and know what you’re getting into, why not build a cheap sandblasting rig? That’s ...

This is one of the most clean and oddly satisfying sandblasting tests you’ll see. In a controlled industrial environment, a high-pressure abrasive sandblasting jet is applied to a Pringles tube — and ...

1:59 Alberta man’s death prompts warning about airborne nut particles The family of a man who died from his nut allergy while working at an Edmonton fire hall wants to warn others about the dangers of ...