vendredi 7 mars 2014

Use The Powder Coating Statesville NC Specialty Shops Offer

By Leticia Jensen


The manufacturing of a product begins in the fabrication of all of the parts needed to make it work. It continues into the assembly area and makes it way though these many processes until it ready for boxing or bagging and shipped to the end user. One of the stops, along the way to this point is the paint booth. Many companies in your field will, at this stage, take advantage of the powder coating Statesville NC specialty companies offer.

Each part of the component you are producing will need to be coated to protect them from the elements or to make them nicer to look at. The spot welds, the sanding and all other processes will often leave a surface that is not attractive. Painting can accomplish this, however, this coat will often chip or crack and flake off. The coatings that are applied through powder processing will not.

A large percentage of all items seen on the shelves, today, have this type of coating. It is a solid looking, often colorful, coat that resists much. It is used on computer cases and most appliances. It is used on plumbing fixtures, even those used in large water and sewer treatment plants because of its durable nature. It has a way of making everything it is on more durable and less susceptible to abrasion and other outside damage.

When setting up a traditional painting system, a lot of space must be utilized. The area must have systems for cleaning, laying or hanging the parts to be painted. This all must be dust free. The drying area is used, sometimes for hours at a time, to ensure the complete curing of the paint. This is a lot of space to be devoted to this.

For a powder coating process, not as much room will be needed. It can be set up easily and the oven can be located in the same area. Most smaller firms do, however, farm this work out as it is easier to concentrate on the manufacturing of the components and not worry about the coating. Larger firms may have these areas set up for this work.

This process is fairly simple and can be conducted with appropriate training. The parts are cleaned through baths or sandblasting. They are then hooked up to an electrical charge and sprayed with the special resins. This positive charge, combined with the negative charge of the powder, will hold it on the part. Then it goes into the oven.

The oven will be heated to between 200 and about 400 degrees based on the material being heated and the make up of the resins and pigments being used. Just a very few minutes will be needed to bond this powder to itself and the metal underneath. It will melt and flow into all of the recesses present and cover most of all but the largest imperfections.

Time and money that is saved because of the use of a professional firm to do this powder coating can be spent in other areas. Whether you set this equipment up in your plant or take advantage of an outside firm is your choice. This can certainly level the field as far as presentation of items offered by smaller companies against those offered by larger firms.




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