Abrasive blasting is a technique that has been in existence since 1870 when the first abrasive blasting process was patented by Benjamin Chew Tilghman. Abrasive blasting is the operation of forcibly ...

Chinese factories are using the potentially deadly sandblasting process to manufacture jeans for popular fashion labels, a year-long investigation by Al Jazeera has found. In 101 East programme “Denim ...

November 8, 2011 — The demand for a type of distressed denim created by sandblasting the material with silica sand has led to silicosis and death in Turkish textile workers, researchers report in an ...

Just Group, the owner of fashion brands such as Just Jeans, Dotti and Jay Jays, has been criticised for using the sandblasting process to create the `faded-in' look on some of its jeans. Sandblasting ...

Editor s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. By PAUL WOOD Sandblasting is a common operation in the ...