Brandon Acker / 11.14.2024

Bolt Construction Opens New Blast & Paint Shop

Drone footage of the new Bolt Construction Blast & Paint Shop.

Youngstown, OH Bolt Construction has announced the grand opening of its new Blast & Paint shop. A general contractor specializing in pipe fabrication and plant construction, the company purchased its Titan blast room and GFS paint booth in late 2023.

Bolt’s objective was to streamline internal operations and efficiencies to help the company maintain a competitive edge in the fabrication and piping industries. In fact, the company designed its new building specifically to house the blast room and paint booth – plus an additional paint booth at a later date.

Measuring 16’ wide x 16’ high x 50’ long, the custom-engineered blast room features a 14,000 CFM dust collector — visible to the left.

Since Bolt Construction is using steel grit abrasive media, the blast room incorporates a mechanical media reclaim system with a 16’ cross auger and a bucket elevator.

The mechanical media reclaim system with a bucket elevator.

Installation was pretty straight-forward until we hit the roof penetrations for the paint booth, which the building contractor handled for warranty reasons. The paint booth had been designed slightly skewed to optimize the flow of parts from the blast room to the paint booth.

The roof penetrations required some on-the-spot modification, but no biggie! Our installation team regularly deals with small issues like this – and once the modifications were made, installation proceeded smoothly.

The paint booth is the same size as the blast room and includes a heated air makeup unit for paint curing.

Both the paint booth and the blast room have doors which open to the parking lot. You can see the paint booth doors at the rear of the photo.

Bolt Construction celebrated the grand opening of their Blast & Paint Shop on October 23, 2024. The entire Titan Abrasive team congratulates Bolt on their vision and achievement. We’re also proud to be part of the Grand Opening celebration.

The Bolt Construction team at the Grand Opening of their Blast & Paint Shop.

To learn more about Bolt Construction, visit: www.boltconstruction.com or follow them on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/bolt-construction-inc.