Fox Tank Company has installed a new Titan Abrasive Systems blast room at its Coshocton, Ohio, facility.
The investment marks Fox Tank's first Titan blast room and represents a significant upgrade in production capability, consistency, and surface-prep quality.
The new 16-foot-by-16-foot-by-50-foot Titan blast room was purchased in late August and brought online in recent weeks, replacing an older, makeshift blasting setup that had reached production capacity. With the consolidation of its three Texas locations into the expanded Kerrville Facility and the Coshocton plant, Fox Tank sought an industrial-grade blasting system that could deliver higher throughput, longer-lasting components, and a more consistent blast profile to meet increasingly stringent customer and industry specifications.
Chip Rogers, president of Fox Tank Company, said the decision to move to Titan was driven heavily by the company’s need for a highly efficient and durable reclaim system, one of the most critical components of any blast room, especially when using steel grit.
“Most blast equipment wears quickly because the abrasive has to move through corners and transitions during the reclaim cycle,” Rogers says. “Steel grit can be reused many times, but every pass puts stress on the system’s internal components. Titan’s reclaim system stood out as the most robust and best engineered we reviewed. We expect it to require far less preventive maintenance and result in significantly lower operating costs over time.”
While Fox Tank has used other blast systems in the past, this installation is its first designed specifically for steel grit media, which can be reclaimed 100-200 times, far more than abrasives like glass or coal slag, which are designed for one-time use. This shift not only reduces long-term media costs but also improves the precision of blasting results.
Fox Tank manufactures products built to strict industry standards, including ASME requirements and a wide range of oil-company-specific coating and surface preparation specifications. Achieving the correct blast profile is essential to ensure that exterior and interior coatings adhere properly and perform over the long term.
“We’re extremely precise in our surface preparation,” Rogers says. “We use instrumentation that verifies whether the blast profile meets the specification. The consistency of the Titan blast room means we can reach that required profile more quickly and more reliably on the first pass.”
The new Titan room is already streamlining Fox Tank’s integrated production flow: components are blasted, then immediately moved into the adjoining paint booth, and finally sent to the customer’s production line. Faster, more consistent blasting means reduced cycle time, improved coating performance, and better product quality.
The Coshocton installation is only the beginning. Fox Tank plans to purchase two additional, larger Titan blast rooms (each approximately 20' x 20' x 50') as the company continues production expansion in both Ohio and Texas. “With our growth and consolidation of facilities, we need blast rooms that can keep pace with demand,” said Rogers. “The Titan room has already demonstrated the quality and efficiency we were looking for, and we’re planning for even bigger systems to support our future throughput.”
Founded in 1953, Titan Abrasive designs and manufactures high-quality surface preparation, surface finishing, and abrasive blasting equipment at affordable prices. In fact, Titan is the industry’s only manufacturer of abrasive blasting equipment that sells directly to its customers, resulting in significant savings. The company’s client base ranges from industry giants such as GE Aviation, the United States Army, and Lockheed Martin to small businesses across the country across a wide spectrum of vertical markets.
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