Indiana Media Reclaim Systems and Recovery Floor Installation
High-volume blasting of trailer frames, equipment chassis and weldments puts tons of abrasive on the floor every shift. Shoveling that back into a hopper costs labor and slows the room. Indiana plants moving to mechanical media reclaim typically face a concrete pit, new recovery equipment and an elevator and separator that have to fit the building. Double D installs recovery floors and media reclaim systems and coordinates the concrete, structural and electrical work around them.
Discuss your installationScrew, scraper or pneumatic floors
Screw conveyor floors move media through troughs under grating. Scraper floors drag media across the pit with reciprocating blades and are often shallower. Pneumatic floors use air to move media to a hopper with minimal moving parts in the pit. Each has its own pit depth, maintenance and capacity tradeoff.
Pit dimensions come first
Recovery equipment arrives in fixed sizes, and the pit has to match. We provide pit dimensions, slopes, embeds and anchor locations to your concrete contractor before the pour, then verify the pit before setting equipment.
- Pit length and width match equipment layout
- Depth fits conveyor or scraper housings
- Embeds and anchors placed during the pour
- Drainage and moisture control considered up front
Elevator and separator placement
The bucket elevator lifts media from the recovery floor to the separator and storage hopper, which sit above the blast pots. That vertical stack needs headroom and a clear path to the collector duct. We position it so maintenance access stays open.
Motors, drives and controls
Recovery conveyors, the elevator and the separator each have drives. They start in a set order so media does not pile up, and they stop together if one faults. We set up the mechanical connections and coordinate with your electrician on controls.
Planning a booth or oven project in Indiana
Crews mobilize from Houston; Indiana is roughly 850 miles away, so equipment, panels and tooling are staged and shipped ahead of the install crew.
Manufacturing in Indiana is concentrated around Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, and South Bend. The sectors most likely to be specifying spray booths, blast rooms, powder systems and cure ovens there include automotive and powertrain, RV and trailer manufacturing, steel, and aerospace components.
Cold winters mean make-up air heaters are sized for sub-freezing intake, and booth or oven placement has to account for frost lines, snow loads on roof penetrations and winter slab work.
Frequently asked questions
Which recovery floor is best for high-volume blasting?
Full-floor screw or scraper systems are common for high volume. Pneumatic floors suit some layouts. The right choice depends on pit depth, media and maintenance preferences.
How deep does the pit need to be?
It depends on the recovery equipment. Scraper and pneumatic systems are often shallower than screw floors.
Can we install mechanical recovery in an existing room?
Sometimes. It usually requires cutting a pit inside the room, which means taking the room out of service for a time.
What does the elevator need for headroom?
Enough for the elevator, separator and storage hopper above the blast pots. Ceiling height is one of the first things we check.
How do recovery systems start and stop?
Usually in sequence so media does not pile up, with interlocks that stop upstream equipment if a downstream unit faults.