Infrared Finishing Oven with Powered Adjustable Width
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Powered adjustable width infrared liquid paint and powder coating oven
One of our long-time customers wanted to update their finishing oven and painting system. The very successful sheet metal fabricating business needed to increase their production on their powder coating and liquid paint line. The current Blasdel oven was purchased used in 2006 and the infrared technology helped to grow their business astronomically. After they installed the oven, they found out how easy the infrared oven is to operate. The energy efficiency and versatility to run many different size and shapes of parts was a huge bonus. With small to very large parts, they knew that their current oven’s flexibility would be the design they wanted to increase their production. And a new versatile Blasdel oven would be the liquid coating and powder coating infrared oven for their future.
Turning up the Heat
To help with processing times, the new powder coating oven would be hotter than their current oven. The first oven utilizes Blasdel Coil-O-Rods and aluminum reflectors, with a watts density of 11. The new oven uses higher wattage ceramic panel heaters with a watts density of 15. Utilizing the current oven zoning, the configuration of the new infrared oven, as far as heat zoning, is zoned by row. Each row is zoned for independent heat adjustment. Because the current oven is a manual adjustment, the difference for the new oven would be including the powered adjustable width.
Automating the Setup – Game Changer
To adjust the current oven ergonomically, four people are needed to change the width by moving it in and out manually. Often they needed to wait for it to cool down to be able to make the adjustment. Faced with this challenge, Blasdel designed a powered width adjustment system, whereby a drive system moves the oven in and out with the touch of a push button. Also, there was no need to wait for the infrared oven to cool and the width could be changed on the fly. This was a game changer, particularly when running different part configurations or switching from liquid paint to powder coating during production.
More Success
Presently, the customer’s production has increased dramatically. The previous oven is still in use as a backup and moisture dry-off oven to accelerate dry time after their washer. They are very happy and excited that they made this purchase.
Information
For more information on how Blasdel Enterprises can help you increase your productivity for your powder coating or liquid paint coating lines, contact us at info@blasdel.net or 812-663-3213.
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Our full line of industrial ovens includes Paint and Powder Coating Ovens, Thermoforming Oven Systems, Adhesive Curing, High Volume Air and Convection Ovens plus material handling equipment.