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PAINT AND COATINGS MANUFACTURING: HEAVY DUTY POWDER COATINGS
" The Inobell has an 85 per cent transfer efficiency, you can
adjust the size of the powder cloud for a better charge and it's
good for larger products, " says Clarke. " And once you connect it to
a robot, there are a lot of areas that this can be used for. "
Gema has developed technology that allows it to build larger
spray booths that have colour change flexibility, which wasn't
really available in the past.
" The larger the product gets the bigger the openings need
to be, and more air volume is needed to contain the powder.
Bigger booths do add a bit more time for
the colour change, but it's still significantly
less than more traditional cartridge style
booths. That's not to say the cartridge style
systems are bad in any way, but they just
weren't designed to facilitate any overspray
powder to be returned to the feed hopper
in a timely fashion, " says Hale. " Some of
these companies are investing in colour
change technology, not because they're
using a lot of different colours, but more for
the flexibility of switching from one colour
to the next and the amount of powder in
process is significantly less. "
When you look at it from a load to unload perspective, many of
these companies are finding that switching to a powder coating
has a very attractive return on investment. Not only is it now
capable of coating large machinery parts, but it's able to provide
a finish that has the durability, corrosion resistance and the
aesthetic performance they've been looking for.
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