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The Quantum Shotblasting Clean-up Magnetic Sweeper is designed to be a perfect mix of power and maneuverability for cleaning up medium-large shotblasting operations. Super-Blue Rare-Earth magnets power the Quantum and can pull S550 shot out of cracks/control joints up to 1 ¾” inches deep. The Quantum also features the new clutched drive hubs and front caster wheel which allows the magnet to pivot in place while still driving the finned drum without having to lift the sweeper to make a turn.
Super-Blue Rare-Earth magnets keep the weight of the sweeper down and gives uniform strength along the entire 25” inch sweeping width. Having a uniform magnetic field allows the operator of the sweeper to be sure that they are retrieving 100% of the shot as they sweep over any crack less than 1 ¾” inches regardless of where the crack is aligned on the magnet.
Ripwhirl technology on the Quantum magnetic sweeper is what creates the efficiency gains over a standard flip-up style magnet. The finned PVC drum is driven by the non marking wheels and pulls all collected shot out of the magnetic field and deposits it into the 42lb capacity removeable debris tray. By keeping the magnet cleaned off continuously, the magnet can use all its power for pulling shot off the floor instead of using the power to hold the shot.
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| Quantum Series | Quantum 25 |
|---|---|
| SKU | QU25 |
| Magnet Type | Permanently charged N42 Super-Blue magnet |
| Clean Off Method | Continuous Discharge |
| Sweeper Weight | 57.3 lbs |
| Sweeper Width | 33.6” inches |
| Effective Sweeping Width | 25” inches |
| Ground Clearance | 0.3” inches |
| Maximum Sweeping Depth | 1 3/4″ inch deep control joint (S170 to S550 shot) |
| Sweeper Height Adjustment | No |
| Sweeper Wheel Type | Rear 8″ inch and front 6″ inch caster thermoplastic non-marking wheels |
| Terrain Surface | Concrete Asphalt |
| Pricing Range | $$4,019.99 |
Quantum Heavy Duty Construction
A: Powder Coated steel handle
B: Aluminum clamping collars
C: ¼” thick aluminum end plates
D: Powder Coated steel caster bracket
E: 500lb capacity – 6” TPR tread on Polypropylene core, 7.5” height x 5” swivel radius, with precision ball bearings wheels
F: Aluminum tube welded onto the end plate
G: Welded aluminum debris bin
H: PVC finned tube for continuous discharge
I: 750lb capacity – 8” TPR tread on Polypropylene core, custom 2 precision ball bearings wheels
A: 0.3” ground clearance
B: 24” magnet (sweeping) width
A: Distance from ground (sweeping height/depth)
Note: Gauss (G) shows the maximum gauss measured across the length of the sweeper at each distance from ground.
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Check out the features of the Quantum magnetic sweeper while it operates on a shotblast jobsite.
So this is our new Quantum magnetic sweeper. Both this and the new Gamma magnets were originally based on the Fission magnetic sweeper dimensions, but they’ve been improved with the front caster wheel and additional characteristics that make them handle a lot nicer.
So part of that is the new clutch drive wheels that it shares similarities to the Atmos and the Photon. So these Flexor wheels allow you to just skip along the ground without having to skim the wheels or have any slippage. The wheels can spin at different speeds, like a differential on a car, so that allows you to do zero-point turns like that, and it just makes the magnet a lot nicer to handle. So even as you’re turning, it’ll also be spinning that drum, which keeps the shot getting ejected into the bins.
So the bin on this unit will hold 42 pounds of shot, so it’s just one of the same bins that are on the Atmos and the Photon. So once that bin gets completely filled up, you head over to your machine or wherever you’re depositing the used shot, and you can dump it off from there.
The Quantum is the rare earth–powered version of the Gamma, so the Gamma and the Quantum both share the same kind of chassis. The Quantum is going to be the rare earth model. So, being a rare earth model, that makes it about 36 pounds lighter, so getting it in and out of a truck is really easy. Moving it around is easier, and it also gives it a bit more pulling power. So, this will pull a piece of S550 shot from a crack that’s an inch and three-quarters deep.
So with your rare earth power here, you get a lighter weight, more power to pull, and you also get a uniform magnetic field across the whole width of the sweeper. So, with all of our ceramic-powered shot blasting sweepers, they have concentrated points of power, whereas the rare earth ones have the same amount of power all the way across the magnet. So they’re lighter and more powerful across the whole range of the sweeping width. So it’s a 24-inch sweeping width on both this and the Gamma.
Like I said before, this one’s a bit lighter—about 36 pounds lighter. They both have the clutched wheels on the side, so you can do the same spins and turns without having to worry about skipping the wheels or anything like that, or lifting the wheels. And they both have removable trays, so once everything gets filled up just pull those trays out and you’re good to clean.
So this also has our eight-inch thermoplastic rubber wheels on it. These have precision bearings that’ll hold up to 750 pounds of load. They’re non-marking wheels, so if you’re using it on an epoxy finish floor, you don’t have to worry about scratching it all up or leaving any rubber marks on it. Both those handles on the top are made of solid steel, so that’s a very durable material and also kind of counterweights the machine so it doesn’t lean, pull, or feel like it’s falling forward or backwards. And this thing weighs a total of 57.3 pounds—so just about 57 pounds.
So these continuous discharge magnets are, we’ve found, to be almost 40 to 50 percent more efficient than the standard rolling magnet. What you’re going to see is why, because it’s constantly at full power when Brian’s pushing it along here. So, because that magnet’s always getting cleaned off, it’s not losing any power by having to hold on to material, because as the magnet holds on to more material, it actually is obviously using energy to hold that material. So, by having the magnet continuously being cleaned off or continuously discharged, you’re not wasting any magnetic power on holding—everything can be used for pickup while the magnet gets cleaned by this thin drum on top.
So this creates a lot more efficiency when you’re sweeping areas like this. You don’t have to worry about dropping the stuff back on the ground or bending over to clean up your dropped material, and you’re not going to miss nearly as much. So the speed you can work at is a lot faster because you can walk faster.
If Brian was using just a push magnet right now, he’d have to walk slower as it gets more full, but it doesn’t make a difference on this thing. Once it gets really full, you’ll see the shot start to come out of the bin, and then once that happens, you know it’s time to just empty your bin out. But you can go a lot further between bin empties than you would with a traditional rolling magnet having to be cleaned off.
The Quantum shotblasting clean-up magnetic sweeper is powered by Super-Blue Rare-Earth magnets, these magnets give an advantage over ceramic magnets in terms of both weight and outright power. The Quantum’s magnets will pull more shot out of deeper cracks than the ceramic powered Gamma equivalent while weighing 36.3 Lbs less than the Gamma.
A: Rare Earth magnets inside drum pull S550 shot from 1 ¾” deep cracks
B: 8” non-marking thermos-plastic wheels with sealed precision bearings 750 lbs load capacity
C: Welded and bolted heavy-duty aluminum chassis
Using a magnetic sweeper that has the Ripwhirl continuous discharge technology allows workers and the sweeper to constantly operate at 100% since the magnet is always getting cleaned by the finned PVC drum and not using power to hold on to shot. Having the maximum amount of pickup power always available ensures that users don’t have to go over areas twice due to missed shot and the worker doesn’t have to slow down their pace of sweeping since the faster the sweeper is pushed the faster the magnet is cleaned off. Unlike traditional flip up style magnets that lose power as you work which causes workers to have to slow down to ensure adequate pickup rate. The Quantum won’t start leaving any shot behind until the debris tray starts overflowing, the debris tray just lifts out so you can easily dump the shot back into your blaster.
A: Sealed bearings and clutched drive wheels for smooth operation and zero point turning
B: 0.3” fixed sweeping height
C: High impact PVC finned drum deposits collected shot into on-board debris bin
Comparing the Quantum Shotblasting Clean-up Magnetic Sweeper to the Gamma Ceramic Powered model raises some key differences, the power, weight, and concentration of the magnetic field
The Quantum magnet is 36.3 lbs lighter than the Gamma which helps when moving the magnet from site to site and also makes it slightly easier to push around. The power of the rare earth equipped Quantum is increased over the Gamma as well, the Quantum will pull shot out of cracks that are ½” inch deeper than the Gamma (up to 1 ¾” inches), it will do this at any point in the 25” inch sweeping width since the field is the same strength the whole way across unlike the ceramic Gamma model which has its power concentrated in two points. All these factors make the Quantum easier to use but also make the price higher than the Gamma.
Check out the video below to see how easy it is to operate the Quantum magnet and get some more insight into the benefits of this magnet over a standard flip up style.
So this is our Quantum continuous discharge magnetic sweeper. This is the rare earth powered model. It’s based on the same chassis as the Gamma magnetic sweeper, but obviously, it runs on the rare earth-powered magnets, which gives you significantly more pickup power. It makes it half an inch more pulling power, so every time you go over a crack—as long as it’s less than an inch or three-quarter—you’re not gonna have a problem.
With this magnet, you also get the clutch drive wheels, which allow you to do this. So without having to pick the magnet up or skid the wheels or anything like that, you can just do any tight turns and not have to worry about it.
So this magnet will hold 42 pounds of shot and has a bin up front here. What that allows you to do, and what the owner of this site has said, is that it allows you to just go longer and faster. So the faster you walk, the faster the magnet gets cleaned off, so it spends less time using its magnetic power holding things and more time pulling. That maximizes the strength, and also, like the site owner said here today, you don’t ever have to do a second pass. Once you go over with this thing once, you got everything; you don’t have to worry about going for a second pass because it’s not losing any power as you’re moving. The normal magnets are losing power for every piece you pick up—these aren’t. So every time you pick something up, it stays in the bin. The only time you’re ever gonna have to go over this place again is if the bin is so full it’s overflowing, which does happen.
Looks like I just did about, you know, half of whatever they’ve shot blasted here today in the span of maybe this two-minute video, because you can just walk as long and as fast as you want. It’s a really easy job; there’s no bending over—well, there’s a little bit of bending over, but there’s not much bending over. You just walk along, pick up all these shots, and put them back in the machine, let them run again.
This shot’s infinitely reusable until it’s completely just dust, so by reusing it, you’re, you know, being less wasteful, and you get a better finish when you’re done. So, even on the areas they haven’t even shot yet, you just run her over.
This thing’s pretty slick. It’s very light, easy to maneuver. So there you go—this is a new Quantum magnetic sweeper. Super blue powered, sealed drive wheels, sealed bearings, 500-pound weight capacity on them.
The Quantum is built to make cleaning up after surface preparation a simple and efficient operation. Using the Quantum’s removable debris bin to reload shot back into a blaster reduces the amount of bending over to sweep up collected shot like you would have to with a regular flip up magnet. The Quantum reduces worker fatigue and makes clean up way easier to perform after surface prep. The Quantum magnet is also much faster to use for clean-up compared to a normal magnet thanks to the higher pickup rate and speed over a flip up magnet which saves time and of course money. The Quantum Shotblasting Clean-up Magnetic Sweeper is built with strong components and a permanently charged magnet for long term use. If anything does break, parts are replaceable and available online so you can ensure that this magnetic sweeper is operational for a long time.
A: On-board debris bin holds 42 lbs of collected shot
B: Durable powder coated aluminum chassis
C: 6” front pivot non-marking caster with 500 lbs load capacity
The Edger XL accessory can be installed on the Quantum and uses a finned disc with internal rare earth magnets to pull shot away from walls and deposits the shot in front of the main magnet assembly so the shot can be picked up and deposited into the onboard bin. This accessory allows for more thorough cleaning after shot blasting by allowing for magnetic sweeping against walls and edges. The Edger XL can flip up out of the way when not needed for easier transport and storage. The edge of the Edger XL is a thermoplastic wheel that is meant to run against the wall as you sweep, providing the rotation needed to throw the shot into the path of the Quantum’s main sweeping assembly.
This is the Edger XL accessory for the Quantum magnetic sweeper. This is a very similar idea to the edger that’s used on the Theta and the Fusion, the difference being it’s a larger wheel so it reaches over a little more towards the wall. I believe it’s 4 and 3/4 inches of extra reach, and it’s got more magnets in it—it’s got four magnets to pick up the shot and throw it, rather than the three like on the edger. It’s a 9-inch wheel, so it’s—you know—just everything’s a little bit bigger and beefier.
Now, this only works with the Quantum magnetic sweeper, and it does the same job of collecting debris against the wall and throwing it out in front of the main sweeper housing so it gets collected. If you want to run/push it down here, you’ll see the wheel rubs up against the door, and that in turn throws the shot out and away in front of the main sweeper housing.
This edger also has a caster wheel on the front, like the caster wheel on the front of the Quantum. What that lets you do is perform the pivot—it turns, and the clutched wheel hubs allow for a lot easier maneuvering. So, this thing’s a lot easier to get up in place against the wall, and then that nice thermoplastic wheel rubs against the wall and collects the shot, throwing it in front of the housing. You can probably see it spinning there. There are fins on the bottom of this thing, so the magnets pick up the shot, and then the fins, due to rotational forces, throw the shot out in front of the normal sweeper. You can kind of hear it working there. You can’t really see it because the shot’s too small, but that’s what’s operating.
Here, we’ll get in close and give you more detail. This is the front of the Edger XL. We’ll get in a little close here so you can see, and like the same on the edger, it’s got these fins built into the wheel. So this is a polypropylene center hub, and then there are ball bearings inside for nice, smooth action. This thermoplastic rubber piece on the edge rubs up against the wall or whatever edge you’re sweeping against, and the whole point of this is so that it spins. The magnets will collect the shot here and here, and then as it spins, rotational forces throw it out in front of the main sweeper. I’ll just drop a little bit of shot on there to show you where the magnets are, so you can see it holds in some spots and not in others, because that’s where the magnets are. You want your magnets right up on the edge of where you’re sweeping, because this is the Edger XL, and you want to get the stuff away from the wall. So then as it spins—you know—imagine this is the wall touching this side, it pushes it and throws it out in front of the sweeper so it can get picked up by the main sweeping unit.
So, this has the, like I said, it’s got the C wheel on the front to match the caster wheel on the front of the Quantum. The bearings are sealed on either side so shot can’t get in or out, so you don’t have any bearing issues. Then this one also has a locking tab on it that keeps the edger unit up and out of the way for when you’re transporting. So you just pull it up and there are steel locking tabs on the side that retain the thing. So then, same thing to get it out of the way, just kind of pull it up and it drops down into little slots and it’ll stay there. That just makes it easier to transport.
This thing only works with the Quantum. It’s got the rare earth magnets in it so it’ll pick up shot against the wall really easily, throw it out in front of the main sweeper, and it gets collected in the bin. It just extends the reach of your sweeper a little bit and allows you to do a more thorough job without having to get down on hands and knees with a broom or something like that. These are permanently charged magnets—they’re never going to wear out or anything. So this can be attached to any of the new Quantum units and, yeah, just extends the functionality of your sweeper, lets you do a more thorough job: no bending over, no sweeping—well, no broom sweeping, anyways—and it works as a continuous discharge, so it’s always at maximum pickup power. You can walk as fast as you want and you’re not going to start missing shot just because you’re moving too quickly, because it’s constantly throwing off the collected shot.
That goes with the normal edger as well—they’re both continuous discharge, constantly throwing the collected shot off of the magnet. It keeps the magnet at full power and allows you to operate quicker.
Okay, so here’s a video showing why the edger is actually useful. I’m pushing this Quantum as close as I can to the wall, and you see it’s picking up all the shot normally, but there is that little gap there where the wheel and the edge of the sweeper aren’t magnetized, so they’re not collecting any shot for that last about 6 inches. So, you see, I have the Edger XL on this thing. We’ll flip that around—well, actually, first, let me just show you what’s left behind here. So, there’s the shot all the way up along the edge of the wall. If you don’t have the edger accessory, you’d have to get down with a broom or something and pick all that up, but I have the Edger XL on this sweeper, so I can just position it in place beside the wall.
You’ve got to make sure it’s kind of square so it’s touching that door, and then just push it along, and hopefully, you should be able to hear and see that it’s picking the shot up from against the wall and throwing it in front of the main sweeper housing right here. So now we go back, and you see no shot up against the wall. That’s the whole…
Outfitting the Quantum Shotblast Magnet with an Edger XL helps operators pick up shot from up against walls and increases clean-up efficiency. The Edger XL allows you to collect shot from against a wall and throw it in front of the main sweeping drum. Check out the following video showing a worker in Edmonton comparing how they were using a Bora magnet to pick up shot from against walls before they started using the Quantum with the Edger XL accessory. The capability to get all the shot from up against a wall and into the onboard bin removes a lot of steps that used to be necessary to do a complete cleaning job after blasting a parking structure.
All right, here is a video showing the cleaning efficiency improvement between the Bora magnetic sweeper and the Quantum with the Edger XL accessory.
Previously, this is what they did cleaning up the shot against the wall. They used to have to pivot the magnet so that it’s parallel with the wall surface and keep doing this for the full length of the wall. This is obviously a tedious exercise and is not efficient during normal operations.
Now we’re going to show the improvement in efficiency with the Quantum magnetic sweeper and the Edger XL accessory.
The worker is now able to come right up to the wall and ride the Edger XL right on the wall to be able to pull steel shot right into the path where it can be picked up by the continuous discharge magnetic sweeper.
On the Station Land Parcade shotblasting jobsite in Edmonton; local shotblasting operator Fabian had the chance to use both continuous discharge magnet 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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