Laser Cured Powder Coating

Laser your file onto the panel.

Laser cured powder coating. Over curing may result in cracks and breaks in the powder coating s finish forcing you to sandblast the powder coating and start all over. The picture above shows a panel on the left that has not been cured and one on the right that has been cured. Laser curing has been studied as a function of laser intensity laser beam size and. Finally rheological measurements and.

It has been shown that it is possible to achieve a much faster curing by using a cw co 2 laser. Powders requiring 10 15 min at cure temperature in a convection oven reportedly cure within 2 4 min in an ir oven. Wash off the excess powder coat. The application of energy to the product to be cured can be accomplished by convection cure ovens infrared cure ovens or by laser curing process.

When paper met printing we had books. The latter demonstrates significant reduction of curing time. The results are really quite nice and it appears to look like colored acrylics. This applies to stripping and or applying a premium powder coat finish.

Engraving and cutting flat and rotary. Line shape focused laser experiments demonstrated that both liquid voc free coatings and solid powder coatings can be cured. Powder coat laser engrave and powder coat with a clear coat to protect from rust. Mild to high temperature applications.

The final product is very high resolution and super durable. Our specialized in house 7 stage powder coating system was designed to deliver an unbeatable product pre treatment for a superior end product. So first powder coat the color you want. When paper met full color printing we had a new world of printed art and photos when powder coating met ap lazer a new era of powder graphics was born.

Oven cured between 200 300 f some applications require 5 day air cure. Powder coat stock nissan pathfinder rims. Curing of solid powder coatings occurs with a curing rate of 3 6 m min 1 opening the possibility to introduce nir laser curing as a new technology in coating sciences. Powder coat finishes can be reached at 410 675 0743.

Next jump on a laser and put in your design. The result is a cured fused powder on top of the acrylic. Oven cured at 325 450 f. Curing of thermosetting powder coating is conventionally done in a convection or infrared oven.

Plus our dual coat powder system allows both gel and topcoat to be applied at once greatly reducing production time. You don t need a lot of imagination to foresee the future. We operate quality fiber and co2 lasers. Powder coating doesn t seem to carry over a gradient so try and make a design 2 colors black and white like a stencil otherwise you may get mixed results.

Do the final cure in this case it is an oven.