Media blasting?

Question

How would one translate "media blasting"? Any definitions of "media" in the dictionary are for TV & the press, whereas I am referring to the industrial, construction-related kind of "media blasting".

Answer 1

¡Hola!, LaughAgain:

You have quoted from a Wikipedia article, found here ----> Abrasive Blasting.

This particular page has a Spanish Translation. Look down the left side of your referenced page. Under the heading "Languages" you will see "Español". 'Click' on Espanol and it will take you to the Spanish page.

From the Spanish page, you should be able to determine that the Spanish equivalent of abrasive blasting is "El Granallado".

Here is another computer "trick". I use Internet Explorer 8 as my web browser. If I select (or highlight) text and then point to it, a small square box with an arrow in it opens up on the screen. If I 'click' on the arrow, another window opens up offerring me the choice of Blog. E-mail, Search or Translate. If I point to "Translate with live search, a translation is provided from Spanish to English.

So here's the deal. If you open the Spanish page and do not understand it, try the quick translation method I described to get a pretty good understanding in English of what the Spanish page is explaining.

Muchos saludos/Best regards,

Moe

Great tips, Moe. - --Mariana--, MAY 12, 2010

Aha! Excellent! Thank you so much! - laughagain, MAY 12, 2010

I have just found that "sandblast" is in our dictionary as "Limpiar con chorro de arena" or "clean with a streeam of sand". - Moe, MAY 12, 2010

If sand is not the media, I presume you could change "de arena" with the name of the media being used. - Moe, MAY 12, 2010

name of the medium being used - samdie, MAY 12, 2010

Answer 2

(exploding media) los medios que estallan

or

(blasting media) soportes de limpieza

or

(blasting media) voladura de los medios

Answer 3

(exploding media) los medios que estallan

Answer 4

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Could you explain? I don't know what the term means in English.

"the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface, or remove surface contaminants." From Wikipedia. - laughagain, MAY 12, 2010

think 'power washing' on buildings.... - margaretbl, MAY 12, 2010