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The Fusion was designed to meet two objectives: 1) match the performance of the rare earth Theta continuous discharge magnetic sweeper and 2) be as inexpensive as a traditional magnet like the Bora series. The Fusion was modelled after our Theta continuous discharge magnetic sweeper but utilizes a unique arrangement of ceramic magnets rather than rare earth neodymium to achieve a less expensive design. The ceramic magnets have proven to offer equal performance in most cases at a lower price allowing the Fusion to collect S550 shot from up to 1” deep control joints. The Fusion is very effective at collecting shot because the magnet can always stay at 100% power thanks to the Ripwhirl Technology that continuously collects the shot from the magnetic field and deposits the shot into the onboard debris bin with 22lbs of shot capacity.
Compared to a standard rolling magnet, the Fusion is lighter, more thorough, and 40% faster at clearing an area. Once you get further into a cleaning job, a standard magnet will lose power as it gets full of shot. This doesn’t happen with the Fusion because it is always being cleaned off, this lets the Fusion do a more thorough job and leave virtually no shot behind.
$824.99
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$824.99 USD
| Fusion Series | Fusion 25 |
|---|---|
| SKU | FU25 |
| Maximum Lifting Height | 1” deep control joint (S170 to S550 shot) |
| Sweeper Weight | 35 lbs |
| Sweeper Width | 25” |
| Sweeper Height Adjustment | No |
| Sweeper Wheel Type | 5” thermoplastic rubber wheels with precision bearing |
| Clean Off Method | Continuous Discharge |
| Terrain Surface | Concrete Asphalt |
| Pricing Range | $824.99 USD |
A: Aluminum handle tubing
B: 3” TPR rear wheels
C: ¼” thick aluminum end plates
D: 3/8” fasteners
E: Welded aluminum debris bin
F: PVC finned tube for continuous discharge
G: 300lb capacity – 5” TPR tread on Polypropylene core, precision ball bearing wheels
A: 0.13” ground clearance
B: 24” magnet (sweeping) width
A: A = Distance from Magnet (Sweeping Height)
Note: Gauss (G) shows the maximum gauss measured across the length of the sweeper at each distance from ground.
| 5 star | 100% | |
| 4 star | 0% | |
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| 1 star | 0% |
So, in this video, we’re going to show the features of our new Fusion magnetic sweeper. This is our newest continuous discharge model.
Instead of our normal rare earth continuous discharge magnets, this one has a multi-pole ceramic magnet inside of it.
It’s available with a 25-inch sweeping width, and the entire assembly weighs 35 pounds.
Now, this thing is made out of all aluminum. Most of it’s welded, some of it’s bolted together, and it features precision bearing roller wheels on the back for steering and turning around once you get to the end of your sweep, and five-inch thermoplastic wheels on the drive hub.
So, this magnet—the ceramic magnet—is capable of pulling shot out of cracks up to one inch deep. So we’ve got a line of shot, as you can see on the ground here, and I’m going to walk over it at a normal walking speed just to demonstrate how much faster this is than a normal standard bar magnet on wheels.
So, I get to the end of my sweep, I can put it up on the rolling wheels and bring it back.
You can see that there is some still here on the sides—that’s just outside of the sweeping width.
So, this tray on the Fusion—it’s removable to easily clean it off.
It’ll collect and hold about 25 pounds of shot, depending on the size of the shot. If you’ve got bigger stuff, then it’ll hold less weight, obviously.
But once this fills up, you can just go dump it out into a bin or back into the shot blaster if you want to, and being able to have this be cleaned off constantly and deposit into the bin allows the magnet to be at 100% strength all the time.
Also, having this debris tray here means you have to stop less and you can just sweep more. It’s a lot faster despite how small the sweeping width is.
So, all parts are available for this magnet online at Blue Streak Equipment.com, and if you want to check it out, you can go online right now.
While the Fusion Continuous Discharge Magnetic Sweeper is a huge breakthrough providing continuous discharge performance at a greatly reduced cost, there are two drawbacks; 1) The Fusion weighs 35 lbs whereas the Theta weighs only 21 lbs. 2) The Fusion has certain points along its length that are stronger and those strong points have to be aligned over floor cracks to pick up shot from 1” deep joints, whereas the Theta has the same super strength along its entire length. If the weight of the sweeper or strength concentrations is a major factor for you, make sure you consider the Theta.
“They work great for me, these magnets, I’ve been using them my whole career, started with the flip one then this one and I have no reason to switch to anything else, I don’t look for anything else… there’s no reason to.”
Corey Alberts
East Star Shotblasting
Shotblaster review of Fusion and Theta Magnets
According to the shop, it lasted for about 15 years—six years, six years, okay—and since he started shot blasting, he’s been using one of our Hara magnetic sweepers. Those we’ve been selling for about 15 years until about, I think, about six months ago, their company purchased— they purchased his Theta magnet. They bought it because they like the discharge feature, is that correct? Yes.
So since they’ve been using that one, and they’re a local company close to where we’re located, we’ve got this new, finalized prototype here of our Fusion magnetic, which is effectively along the exact same design. It’s had the same mount on it, except this is a ceramic magnet versus a rare earth. So, this product is about half the price of this one, and Corey’s been running this one for quite a while. We brought this one out today, we took some video of them running, and what do you think of this sweeper compared to the old one?
It’s pretty comparable. I don’t see a weakness in it. I have no complaints. It’s very much comparable to that one, and I’d probably want—like, I have no reason to—
Okay, the one thing that you did notice with the new one versus the old one, isn’t it, so we get it, areas?
Yeah, this one doesn’t feel like it has quite the same amount of strength as that one. Yes, slightly less capacity. When I pull back, I find I can fit a lot more when I’m backing up with that one, as I can show you here. If I’m in an area where I have to back up, it’ll collect it, and I can flick it in, so that way, yeah, I find it won’t hold as much. But, yeah, this one holds more when you’re backing up. Stationary, it’s because the rare earth magnets are simply stronger. Yeah, and that’s why this Theta model costs almost— but when you’re just pushing it around doing all of your cleanup, there’s no limitations to this sweeper. Moving forward just on a standard floor, I have no complaints. It works great.
The performance difference between the two—the new Fusion here will pick out shot from a one-inch deep control joint, and the Theta will pick it up out of a one-and-a-quarter. Now, the Theta has a completely even magnetic definition, and has these indicators here you can see. The tray on a sweeper—you’ve got to push it over top of one of the grooves again, pull it out of the one-inch crack, and it’s pretty easy to do if you just—the magnet strength isn’t completely as strong across, but if you do follow the strong points, you can still get the one-inch depth for most control joints.
That’s interesting, I didn’t realize that. Yeah, I like that control. Yeah, you did it. Yeah, no way. Yeah, it’s definitely—there’s four strongest points in here. We just indicated two of them because you can only do one crack at a time when you’re pushing forward. Yeah, just that groove—I could see being useful, for sure.
I use 460. Yeah, other than that, I normally—that’s all I use. Occasionally 330, but I’m always using 460 for the most part. No—
Yeah, the smaller pieces of shot—so when we say it can pick up one inch deep in a control joint, that’s 550. It might actually get one and a quarter inch. Okay, 460. Yeah, no, they work great for me, these magnets. I’ve been using them my whole career—started with the Flip one, and I have no reason to switch to anything else. I don’t even look for anything else—there’s no reason to.
A: Finned PVC drum continuously cleans magnet keeping it at full power
B: Sealed bearing thermoplastic non-marking drive & pivot wheels
C: Indicator marks on debris tray showing strongest magnetic field points
D: 22lb shot capacity removeable tray
See the Fusion shotblasting magnet working to clean up after shotblasting an underground parking garage. The exclusive features of the Fusion magnet are explained throughout the video, you will see how fast and efficient the Fusion is at cleaning. The operator can walk at full speed until the debris tray is full since the magnet is always at full power.
So we’re here on a shot blasting site, testing out our new Fusion magnetic sweeper. This operator has previously used our Theta models, and we’re getting him to test out the Fusion to see how it compares, and so far he says it stands up pretty well.
One of the advantages of the Fusion is that it has a tray that holds all the shot once you collect it, so he can go for about 15 minutes at a time, 20 minutes at a time, before he’ll have to empty that bin. The best thing about it is that when he does have to empty it, he can just walk right over to the machine, pull the tray out, and put it right back into the machine.
Another thing with the Fusion is that he can walk at full speed at all times. With some of the other rolling magnets, you would have to slow down to make sure you got everything. Fusion, because it’s continuously being cleaned off by its plastic drum, empties all the shot into the bin in front.
A: Rip whirl design holds onto shot until it can be dropped into the debris tray
B: 100% shot collection rate until tray fills up and spills
C: Bolted & welded aluminum construction
A continuous discharge magnet that is powered by ceramic magnets wasn’t previously possible because of pickup power issues, this has been fixed with Bluestreak’s new magnet design that creates a very concentrated field in a small area, perfect for collecting steel shot of all sizes. The Fusion sweeper rolls on sealed precision bearings with non marking thermo-plastic wheels on the drive and pivot wheels that won’t let any metal particles into the bearings, so they won’t wear excessively from steel powder buildup.
The Fusion shotblasting magnet has a finned PVC drum that continuously cleans the magnet of shot and collects up to 22lbs of shot in the onboard debris tray. Once the debris tray gets full you can simply remove the debris tray and empty it back into the machine, no sweeping or picking up tarps covered in shot necessary!
The Edger accessory further increases the pickup power and efficiency of continuous discharge magnetic sweepers. This accessory uses a spinning finned disc with internal rare earth magnets to pull shot up and away from walls or edges and throws the shot in front of the main sweeping drum so it can be picked up and deposited into the onboard bin. The Edger works with the Fusion and Theta models and simply bolts onto the side of the sweeper, it can be folded up and out of the way for easy transport and eliminates the need for sweeping shot away from walls or edges when cleaning up after shot blasting. Theta and Fusion models purchased before February 1st 2024 can be retrofitted with the edger attachment using part # 8 available on the parts page.
On the front of this Theta magnetic sweeper, we have our new edger accessory, and you’ll see on the side of the edger there is just a wheel. So this rubberized wheel acts against the wall as you push the main sweeper along, and you probably saw the fins on the bottom there. What those do is, there’s little magnets inside, and then the fins throw the shot that’s up against the wall out in front of the main magnet assembly so it can get picked up and deposited into the onboard bin.
This unit works with the Fusion and the Theta, and you can see it in action there—it spins and then throws the shot out in front of the main sweeper so it can get collected. We’ll just get a shot up against the wall there to see if there’s anything left. Doesn’t look like it. Looks like it all got picked up on the first try.
So this just extends the functionality of your existing magnetic sweeper by allowing you to get up against the walls, and it prevents you from having to use a broom to sweep the shot out from the wall. Here’s a bit of a closeup on how the edger actually works. We’ll try to get even closer here with it. On this edge, there’s a thermoplastic kind of rubberized piece that spins the wheel, so when you’re pushing this thing along a wall, this is going to be hitting the wall, ideally, and that gives you the spinning action which will pick up any shot that’s up against the wall and throw it out in front of this main sweeper housing so it can get picked up and put into the bin.
On this drum, or on this wheel, there are some rare earth magnets—I believe there’s four or three on this one. So there’s three of different sizes that allow you to pick up the shot from up against the wall, and then it releases them as you spin the wheel and throws it in front of the main sweeper. Again, I’ll just kind of drop some shot on there so you can see how it works. It looks like the magnets are here, here, and here, and then as this is spinning and you’re pushing against the wall, the fins kind of throw it off in front of the main housing so you can get it picked up and put into the bin.
As you can see, this thing flips up and out of the way, so if you’re just transporting this thing, it’s not as long and it’s a little easier to maneuver. Then you’ve got a little wheel here that just keeps the correct height, so it’s a set sweeping height. You can’t adjust it at all; it’s set at, I believe, 38 or 37 mm off the ground. So this wheel just maintains that sweeping height and these magnets are set up to have the optimal pickup power in that height range.
Again, as you’re pushing the sweeper along, this wheel is going to be rubbing against the wall as you push it, and then that throws all the collected debris from the edger out in front of the main magnet so it can get picked up and put into the bin as per usual.
This is going to work with the Theta and Fusion models. The new models of Theta and Fusion, as of whenever this goes online, will have holes pre-drilled in these side pieces to mount this to. If you have an older model and want to attach this edger to it, you just have to get the new parts, which are part number eight, and they’re just going to have the proper holes drilled in it.
The edger is actually a useful accessory for the Theta magnetic sweepers. You can see I dropped some shot down here on the ground, and it’s right up against that garage door, so that’s going to be impossible to get with just the Theta magnetic sweeper on its own. If you didn’t have the edger, you’d have to go along here with a broom and sweep it up manually, and then get it in front of the sweeper.
Just to show this, I want you to watch the drum on the Theta while I’m pushing it along. I’ll get it up as close to the wall as I can, and you’re going to see there’s a bunch left behind at the end because the edger is not getting used. So we’re picking up all that metal there, but you can see there’s a bunch of shot left over right up against that edge of the wall. It’s probably difficult to see, but there it is.
So now we run through with this edger down, run that up against the wall, and collect the rest. So the edger is picking up all of that debris right from against the wall and throwing it—you can see it getting collected here on the back of the drum, probably, hopefully. So that allows you to get a 100% clean surface. As the edger rotates, it’s picking up the metal and then throwing it in front of the main housing, and you’re left with a perfectly clean edge.
You saw how much was left when I just went through with the sweeper. Now I went through with the sweeper and the edger, and we got a perfectly clean edge. I don’t have to come back with a broom or anything. So that’s the point of the edger—just takes all the shot from against the wall, throws it in front of this drum, you’ll see it’s all accumulated there, and allows you to do 100% clean.
The Theta and Fusion Shotblast Magnetic Sweepers can be used with the Edger accessory to collect shot from up against walls without having to use a broom. The Edger works by using a wheel which spins a finned disc around a vertical axis with internal rare earth magnets behind the disc that collect the shot which then gets thrown from the spinning force into the path of the main continuous discharge magnetic sweeping assembly so it can be collected into an onboard bin. Another advantage of using a continuous discharge magnet with an Edger over the standard magnets is that the onboard debris bins can be removed and dumped back into the shotblaster hopper. The following videos show the advantages of using the Theta or Fusion magnets with an Edger.
On the Station Land Parcade shotblasting jobsite in Edmonton, local operator Fabian had the chance to use both continuous discharge setups with the Edger XL and Edger accessories, after the job was done, we asked him what he thought about the two setups and give us his thoughts about which system works better.
We’re here at the Station Lands project at the Epor building. We’ve got two of our magnetic sweepers here: the Edger and the Edger XL. They’re mounted on two of our existing continuous discharge sweepers. We’re here at the parking facility, and we’re going to do some cleanup of the steel shot that’s left over after the concrete surface prep.
So this was the old method of picking up the steel shot that was left over from the shot blasting machine. Fabian, the worker here, would use the Bora magnetic sweeper, and he’d pick up all the steel shot on the ground. He’d pick up as much as he could collect, and then he’d drive it over to a mat that’s laying on the ground to deposit it all, to dump back into the bins. Now, this method was only used because there was no way for the Bora to be dumped, or for all the debris in the Bora to be dumped into a bin which then could be dumped back into the hopper.
So you can see he just dropped the shot onto this flexible pad. He’ll now grab the bucket that contains all the shot, and he’s going to fold up the mat and dump everything back into the bucket so it can be reused. As you can tell, this is a super time-intensive process, and if you can imagine the scale of the parking garage, this takes a long, long time.
All right, so I’m here with one of the workers that are using these magnetic sweepers to pick up all the shot after shot blasting operations. So previously, they used this Bora model to pick up all the steel shot that was left over after blasting. So they’d come in, and they’d go up to a wall, and they’d have to do this repeatedly to collect all the steel shot. Now, this is a very time-intensive process and was not efficient at all.
So now we’ve got these two models here, the Edger and the Edger XL, that we’ve offered. It uses a continuously rotating disc that rides right along the wall, so as you’re sweeping, it’ll pull shot into the path of the continuous discharge sweeper, which then can be picked up and put into the bins. Same principle works on both sweepers—this is just a smaller drum for the Edger, and this is a larger drum for the Edger XL.
So I wanted to ask you, which one of these models do you prefer?
As for me, I prefer this one, yeah, because it saves more time, and then it’s really easier to work with it.
That’s good. So the difference between these two is that that one, it’s hard to remove shot in the corners, yeah, but with this one, it’s a little bit easier too.
Okay, because it’s almost the same model as this, but again, this one, the front part, the front tire, sometimes it can’t touch down, and it can’t give you the opportunity to grab all the shots that you need to grab.
So sometimes this model will leave a little bit of shot right up against the wall?
Yes, sir.
Okay, now, is that normally when there’s lots of shot right up against the wall, or does it work better when there’s less shot, or is it all the time that it’ll just leave a little bit?
First of all, it doesn’t work well when there are a lot of shots. When we have a lot of shots, the place to grab the shots is small, and then within a second—two seconds—this one is full, full, yeah, so it doesn’t give you really much opportunity to do the work the way you need to do.
So, yeah, and that’s why you would recommend, then, the larger model, so that there’s a larger bin which allows it to collect more shot, there’s a bigger drum, so it can collect more and bring it into the sweep path.
That’s right.
Okay, great to know.
The Site Project Manager at the Station Land Parcade shotblasting jobsite shared her thoughts about the continuous discharge magnetic sweepers from Bluestreak Equipment and how they compare to the Bora. The efficiency of having the Edger or Edger XL attached to a continuous discharge magnet allows operators to avoid having to use a broom to get shot out from against walls and back into the shotblasting machine.
All right, I’m here with Kayla, the field coordinator at Proon Systems. She originally reached out to our sales team to inquire about a product that would solve her issue. So, when they shot blast concrete floors, there’s typically still shot left all over the concrete floor. Now, in the middle of the floor, it’s not so much of an issue, but up against walls and corners, especially in these parking structures where there are big columns, it’s typically hard to get a sweeper in to pick up shot right up against an edge. So, we’ve developed two products here—the Edger and the Edger XL—that solve these problems. Both can be ridden right up against the wall during normal sweeping, and they’ll pull the steel shot into the middle of the continuous discharge path. The continuous discharge magnet will cycle and pick everything up and deposit it into the bins.
So Kayla, overall, what is the sort of worker feedback on using these sweepers?
The workers are very happy with the new sweepers. The way that they’re able to maneuver them, the way that the shot falls into the tray—they’re able to just pick up the tray and load it out that way. The workers have been very happy with them.
That’s great to hear. So, I was talking to Fabian earlier and he mentioned that the Edger XL was a far superior product, and that’s one of the reasons—it’s got four magnets inside the central rotating drum, so it’s got greater pickup strength, a larger surface area, and it can get right up against that wall and pick up all the steel shot. That’s one of the higher-end products. The lower-end product would be this Edger, which works exceptionally well as well. It still pulls shot, but just not as great an amount, and sometimes it can get collected around the drum there, with a bunch of steel shot up against the wall.
All right, so in terms of overall efficiency of operations, how have these sweepers helped you compared to the old Bora model?
I find the sweepers are just very—they pick up every little bit of shot, so we’re not having to do multiple passes with the unit, like with some previous magnet sweepers we had used. And then, yeah, the ability to pick everything up in the tray—we’re not having to dump everything or sweep it up into a pail. It’s kind of just easy to pick up in the tray and redeposit back into the shot blaster.
Great. So Kayla, is there any other sort of uses for these continuous discharge magnetic sweepers in your field of work?
Well, right now we’re using them in any kind of big open area where we have concrete surface prep to do—mostly in parkades is where we’re seeing that happen. But we’re able to use the magnet sweepers there. We do the concrete prep on balconies as well for our coatings, but we’re not able to use the shot blaster on the balconies because we don’t want to risk the shot going over the edge, so we’re not able to use them in that application. We’re doing more of a hand grinding technique, but any sort of big open parkade area, plaza areas, we’re able to do the shot blasting and use the magnet sweeper after.
Great, fantastic. Okay, and last question—would you recommend any of these products to a shot blasting company?
Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, these have been great. We’ve gone through—I mean, I’ve been working for the company for 8 years now, and we’ve been doing shot blasting all that time. We’ve been using a lot of the, maybe, more economical magnet sweepers, the cheaper ones that we’re seeing in some of the hardware stores, and they just weren’t working very well. So having these in our life has made things a lot more efficient, easier. So yeah, I would definitely recommend them and we’ll continue to use them.
Great, thank you so much.
Awesome, you’re welcome.
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