It Looks Like Paint But It Acts Like Armor. It’s tough. It looks great. And it lasts a long, long time. Powder coating is a superior finish that’s found on hundreds of products you come in contact with each day. It makes products durable, attractive, and scratch-resistant, too.

Powder coating is a completely dry finishing process used on a wide range of materials and products.

Finely ground particles of pigment and resin are electrostatically charged and sprayed onto products to be coated. The parts to be coated are electrically grounded so the charged particles adhere to them until melted and fused into a solid coating in a curing oven.

Attributes of powder coating:

Tough Attractive Durable Scratch-Resistant High-Quality Colorful Versatile Long-Lasting

Unlike liquid paint, no solvents are used, so only negligible amounts of VOCs, if any, are released into the air.

Unused or oversprayed powder can be recovered, so any waste is minimal and can be disposed of easily and safely. The powder coating process is environmentally friendly and virtually pollution-free. Thousands of different kinds of parts and products are now powder coated.

Powder coating may have gotten its start as a superior finish for metal products, but technology now makes powder coating the choice for wood and plastic as well. In fact, powder coated products are everywhere—in your home, office, shopping mall, automobile and SUV, stadium and playground and in countless architectural applications. Regardless of the product or use, you can always count on powder coating to deliver a superior finish with the Five E’s always in mind:

• Efficiency

• Economy

• Energy Savings

• Environmental Compliance

• Excellence of Finish

Efficiency With powder coating as the finishing process there are no runs, drips, or sags. Since no drying or flash-off time is required, a powder coating production line will move more efficiently than a standard paint line. More parts are able to be coated automatically, too, with significantly lower reject rates. And, with the use of appropriate application equipment, materials, and recovery methods, a 95% – 98% powder utilization efficiency rate is readily available. Economy In addition to its efficiency, powder coating offers a simplified line process that allows for minimum operator training and supervision. Parts can be racked closer together on the conveyor and pass more quickly through the production line, allowing for lower per unit costs—which means greater economy. Powder coating also offers easier compliance with federal and state regulations, increasing cost-effective savings. Energy Savings Utilizing the strength of powder coating’s efficiency and economy, the exhaust required in powder coating ovens is lower and therefore helps reduce energy consumption. While ovens that cure solvent-based coatings must heat and exhaust huge volumes of air to protect against potentially explosive fumes, the exhaust volume of a powder coating oven is lower and more manageable. So much so that the air is able to be recycled into the plant. Environmental Compliance Powder Coating’s efficiency, economy, and energy savings works for the environment as well, as this process eliminates VOCs – meaning the air is environmentally safer. Installation, expansion and running of a powder coating operation is significantly simplified, creating the potential to place a powder coating finishing operation in areas where other production systems would not be permited. The employees also love powder coating’s reduced housekeeping problems and minimum contamination of clothing, since dry powder does not emit the kinds of fumes liquid paint does. Excellence of Finish Above all else, powder coating’s efficiency, economy, energy savings and environmental friendliness produce an excellence and superiority of finish that customers will come to know and count on. With its two application types (Thermoplastic and Thermosetting), powder coating offers a wide range of both extreme and decorative performance properties. Color selection is virtually unlimited, and is available in both high and low gloss. Textures can be varied as needed. Significant breakthroughs in powder coating technologies has even led to the development of systems that are designed to meet the diverse practical and aesthetic needs of today’s demands for a superior finish on metal, wood and plastic. Powder coating delivers Efficiency, Economy, Energy Savings, Environmental Compliance, and Excellence of Finish. The right choice in finishing to meet today’s demanding manufacturers and consumers.

Powder coatings are now used on thousands of parts and products, and ongoing technological breakthroughs are expanding the list every day. Here are some of the powder coated products you see all around you:

Appliances

Barbecue grills Blenders Clothes dryers Coffee machines Cookstoves Dryer drums Frape machines Gas and electric ranges Kitchen mixers Knives Lighting equipment Microwave ovens Pressure cookers Refrigerator/freezer doors and shelves Risotto pot Vacuum cleaners Washer tops and lids Water heaters Wine cellars

Automotive

Antennas Anti-chip primer Ashtrays Auto bodies Brake assemblies Brake calipers Brake rotors Bulldozers Bumpers Car radio antenna Door handles Engine blocks Hitch covers License plate frames Luggage racks Military personnel carriers Mirror brackets Oil/air/gas filters Radiators Roll bars Shock absorbers Steering wheels Trailers and hitches Truck & RV windows Truck seat frames Valve covers Wheels Window trim Windshield wipers

Buildings/Homes/Construction

Acoustic panels Address signs Air-conditioner cabinets Aluminum doors/windows Architectural components Barriers Bathroom fixtures/accessories Bathroom shower stool Benches Bike stands Book/video returns Boot scrapers Bottled water storage rack Ceiling panels Ceiling tiles Chain saws Conservatories Countertop display racks Curtain rods Curved shower rods Deck railings Downspouts Duplex sign holders Electric chandeliers Electronic air filters Ergonomic folding chair Escalator steps Exterior staircases Fans Fences Fire extinguishers Folding clothes valet Folding mesh screen door Food guards Garage door openers Garage doors Gas/electric furnace cabinets Generators Grab bars Guard rails Hand and power tools Hand grips Handtrucks Highway signs Hinge hooks Holiday lights Irrigation pipes Kitchen fixtures/accessories Ladders Lampposts Light fixtures Lockers Locks Mailboxes/mail slots Metal fencing/gates Metal gutters Mud room bench/rack Multipurpose panel screen Outdoor clothes dryers Overhead garage storage units Pressure washers Propane tanks Racks Railings Roof edging and clips Satellite dishes Scaffolding Shelves Shoe racks Shower doors Shutters and louvers Solar lampposts Spa covers Stair treads Storage lockers Structural steel Terrace doors Toilet paper stand Toilet seat safety supports Tool boxes Water filter systems Water fountains Water pumps and tanks Weatherproof lamps Windows Wire mesh floors

Other

Lawn And Garden Sports/Recreation/Exercise Non-Metal Products