Patent ID: 7596978

Claim:
A blasting device for blasting a part of a turbine blade having a blade root, a blade platform and a blade airfoil, comprising: a blasting cubicle having an insertion opening configured such that the blade airfoil is arranged partially inside and partially outside the blasting cubicle; a blasting unit that discharges accelerated blasting media into the blasting cubicle; a mounting arranged inside the blasting cubicle and surrounding the insertion opening, where the mounting receives the turbine blade; a seal arranged between the mounting and a platform of the turbine blade, where the seal seals a gap, from the inner side of the cubicle, between the mounting and the blade platform in a region of the insertion opening and prevents an escape of dust created during blasting; and a cap arranged on an inner side of the cubicle that fits over the blade platform and the seal such that the seal is protected against the blasting media.