Surfin works closely with the world’s leading Powder Application and Recovery Booth manufacturers to offer best-in-class powder dispensing and recovery systems.
Advantages of powder coating over conventional coatings
Environmental Aspects
- VOC : Powder coatings emit near zero volatile organic compounds.
- Environment-friendly.
- Powder coating production lines produce less hazardous waste than conventional liquid coatings. No production of Paint Sludge.
- Powder coated items generally have fewer appearance differences between horizontally coated surfaces and vertically coated surfaces.
- As Powder Coatings are solvent-free, no flash-off of solvents are involved before curing.
Technical Aspects
- Corrosion resistance.
- Robust mechanical and chemical performance – good at resisting abrasion, acids, solvents, etc.
- Good electrical insulation capabilities.
- Applicable to steel, zinc, brass, and aluminum.
Application and aspect
- Powder coatings can produce much thicker coatings than conventional liquid coatings without running or sagging.
- One-coat application: a thicker, more uniform coating can be obtained by a single coating than can be achieved with wet paint.
- It gives a beautiful and uniform quality finish without runs.
- The electrostatic powder process ensures complete coverage, even on complex shapes (e.g., on castings).
- Choice of finishes – clear, plain color, metallic or textured.
- Exceptional gloss and color retention.
Productivity and Costs
- Powder coating overspray can be recycled and thus, it is possible to achieve nearly 100% use of the coating.
- Cost-efficient on small batches or single items. Thus, ideal for job coaters.
- Quick turnaround time.
- Ready to use: no stirring, mixing or thinning is required like in liquid paints. Some application equipment enables the powder to be fed directly from the box.
- Fewer rejects: The ease of use of powder, both manually and with automatic application plant, gives a lower reject rate compared with wet paint. Rejects caused by damage after coating, are also reduced due to the toughness of powder coatings.
Capital equipment and operating costs
- Capex for a powder line is generally lower than conventional liquid lines.
- Space requirement: less space is required than liquid coating equipment.
- Ease of use: powder is far easier to apply than wet paint and less operator training is required.
Surfin has substantial experience, skills to analyze right booth systems for your needs. This is based on Manual / Automatic. system and No. of Booths, Type of Recovery System, Type and No. of Guns, No. of colors and it’s change frequency, Color Change Time, No. of people engaged in color change etc.