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
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