Uniform Film Thickness
How can we set up our racks and adjust our spray guns to get more uniform powder coating coverage?
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Powder Material Utilization
We do recover some powder, and other colors are low volume, so we do not bother to recover them for reuse. But we are still throwing away a lot of material every year. Any suggestions on how we can get more value out of our powder?
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Small Parts Powder Coating System
We are thinking of installing a new small parts powder coat system. Some of our executives are asking why we are not tearing down and moving to our facility a sister site’s 12-year-old system that’s 300 miles away and has a 4 × 6-ft part window formerly used to paint larger frames.
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Getting a Good Finish Begins with a Great Start
Virtually all metal parts and many plastic parts have some sort of finish applied to them. These finishes are applied to improve appearance, increase corrosion resistance and enhance wear resistance.
#racking #pollution control
Uniform Film Build
We cannot get uniform and consistent powder coverage up inside that two-inch deep channel.
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Meeting the E-Coat Racking Challenge
Boosting productivity is an ongoing challenge on any industrial finishing line, especially those lines where racks have to be reconfigured to accommodate different sized parts.
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E-Coat Stains
We are facing a problem of bad marks on our final e-coated automotive parts, which are most probably caused by dripping ultra filtrate.
#racking #automotive
Closed-Loop Cleaning/Pretreatment
System fits with 'keep it simple' powder coating philosophy
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PVD + UV Paint = New Business
Automation, other technologies boost finisher
#vacuum-vapor #curing #racking
Uniform Coverage
We need suggestions on how to set up our racks and how to adjust our spray guns to get more uniform coverage on all four sides of the post.
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RACKING DESIGNS FOR SMALL PARTS
We are striving to develop a logical model for making a vendor selection based on the quotes we are receiving for coating costs and fixture charges. We also want to find a way to include processing loss (parts lost in the coating process) and light or no-coat parts, which we are now starting to get a good handle on. I am hoping you can help me understand how to better address this issue.
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“SLICK” E-Coat Revisited
In the last Electrocoat Clinic there was a question regarding the availability of an E-coat material with a lower coefficient of friction than standard cathodic epoxy electrocoat materials.
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Evaluating Cost and Profit
What things affect the operating cost of a powder line? How can we better understand our real costs and get better revenue from a days work?
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Why Not Barrel E-Coating
For E-coating, the parts have to be individually placed on racks. It was explained that E-coating is a lot like electroplating. If that is the case, why can’t they be coated in a barrel?
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Centrifugal Coating
We have heard the terms “centrifuging” and “tumbling” finishing and wonder if these are possible processes for us to use on our products. What is your opinion?
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Expanding on E-Coat
Electrocoat products and processes continue to evolve, with development focused on lower energy use, very low VOC content and methods to reduce cost per applied square foot. The following is a primer on how a combination of new materials and good process control can be used to achieve the highest possible efficiency.
#racking #energy
Solving The Air Pocket Problem
Question:
We are trying to anodize a round part about 12-inch diameter with deep pockets in about 20 sections like a turbine fin.
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Chrome Trim Gives the Jetta Some Pop
One of the world’s largest plating-on-plastics lines comes to Mexico
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