What is Powder Coating?
It is a dry finishing process. Finely ground particles of pigment and resin are electrostatically charged and sprayed onto the products to be coated. The parts to be coated are electrically grounded, so that the charged particles adhere to them until melted and fused into a solid coating in a curing oven.
It Looks Like Paint But It Acts Like Armour. It’s tough. It looks great. And it lasts a long, long time. Powder coating is a superior finish that is found on hundreds of products you come in contact with each day.
It makes products durable, attractive, and scratch-resistant, too. The result is an attractive, durable, high-quality finish. The powder coating process itself offers another advantage — it is environmentally friendly…virtually pollution-free! Unlike liquid paint, no solvents are used, so only negligible amounts of VOCs are released into the air. In addition, unused or oversprayed powder can be recovered, so any waste is minimal and can be disposed of easily and safely.
Advantages of Powder Coating
There are several advantages of powder coating over conventional liquid coatings:
- Powder coatings emit zero or near zero volatile organic compounds (VOC).
- Powder coatings can produce much thicker coatings than conventional liquid coatings without running or sagging.
- Powder coating overspray can be recycled and thus it is possible to achieve nearly 100% use of the coating.
- Powder coating production lines produce less hazardous waste than conventional liquid coatings.
- Capital equipment and operating costs for a powder line are generally less than for conventional liquid lines.
- Powder coated items generally have fewer appearance differences between horizontally coated surfaces and vertically coated surfaces than liquid coated items.
- A wide range of specialty effects is easily accomplished which would be impossible to achieve with other coating processes.
Quality
Quality: is key to the delivery of our service and we ensure that every aspect of our business is constantly reviewed and improved, from the customers first point of contact through to the final delivery of coated items.
AISF: As members of the AISF (Australasian Institue of Surface Finishing) we constantly strive to improve our coating methods, inspection procedures and aim to follow best practice.
Staff: Our staff are our number one asset and as such we pay particular attention to issues such as health. Our facilities are equipped with high performance dust and particulate extraction systems.
Environmental: concerns are also high on our list. We have gone to great lengths to eliminate the use of solvents in our business as well as controlling particulate emissions to the atmosphere.
Maintenance: To ensure the minimum amount of downtime possible we maintain a comprehensive range of spares ranging from motors, pumps and compressors through to guns, hoses and track line