Products Finishing

APR 2016

Products Finishing magazine is the No. 1 industrial finishing publication in the world. We keep our readers informed about the latest news and trends in plating, painting, powder coating, anodizing, electrocoating, parts cleaning, and pretreatment.

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BY MARTY POWELL GLOBAL FINISHING A guide for selecting an eficient oven system. Increase Your Profits by Improving Your Oven 30 APRIL 2016 — PFonline.com THE VOICE OF FINISHING 80 YEARS During the finishing process, curing the coating often has the longest dwell time in the process and is one of the few processes that you can speed up without damaging the quality. Choosing a high-quality oven will enable you to complete the process as quickly as possible. There are many factors to consider when purchasing an oven. Price shopping is important, but make sure you are comparing apples to apples. Purchase the best quality oven you can afford because a high-quality, uniform oven is more cost effective and can improve quality and increase throughput. Coaters are not often critical of oven uniformity, but they should be. Completing a batch five minutes quicker could add two or more batches per day, which means more product through the shop and more money saved. For example, say the business plan is to cure a part in 30 minutes. With a substandard oven, it takes 45 minutes (50 LIQUID/POWDER

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