Gas catalytic IR has many industrial heating applications. At Heraeus Noblelight, our team of engineers can help you find the correct solution to meet your requirements.
The use of Intelligent Infrared heating will always give you a competitive advantage as you can see also in our case studies with gas catalytic IR!
Gas Catalytic IR is easily absorbed by both aqueous and solvent based liquid finishes.
The use of Gas Catalytic IR in liquid curing processes offer the same advantages as in other curing processes such as E Coating and powder coating:
Gas Catalytic Infrared Ovens from Vulcan Catalytic® Systems are modular in design, pre-wired and plumbed ready for use within one or two days of on site delivery. Yet, they are custom tailored to the customer’s specific requirements of part size, type of coating, conveyor height and line speed. Our catalytic heaters can be used in hazardous locations and have Factory Mutual and CSA approvals.
How We Can Help You
The engineers at Vulcan Catalytic® Systems design catalytic heating systems for heating processes that require a part temperature of up to 650°F/345°C. Whether it is for plastics, powder or liquid coating, web drying, or preheating, the systems are carefully tested in our state of the art facility, ensuring complete satisfaction before shipping the system.
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Generally, powder absorbs infrared radiation very well, heats up very quickly and is gelled in significantly shorter time than in a conventional convection oven. As there is no circulation of air, dust inclusion is eliminated and the powder is not swirled around. A fast melt improves the coating quality and increases the production line speed. Infrared heat is transferred faster and at higher power than hot air, so that in most cases the oven is shorter than a convection oven or the production line speed is faster.
As well as a seamless coating, powder coating also provides excellent mechanical and chemical properties. The precisely accurate process and the curing of the powder is ensured by the flexibility of Heraeus Noblelight gas catalytic ovens.
The move from liquid to powder is well established. The advantages of powder over liquid can be summarized as follows:
The curing of coatings on non-conductive substrates requires special drying equipment. The parts themselves can be flat MDF boards but also three-dimensional plastic products. The oven must safely cure the paint on the work pieces without causing heat damage to the product itself. Decisive is the response time, infrared emitters respond quickly to control commands and can be controlled individually.
Gas catalytic IR ovens can be equipped with a zone control that allows adjustment of every temperature profile according to the requirements of sensitive product. Our application specialists can establish with You the required oven settings. Various programs to meet the different requirements can be incorporated in the control system and these can be called up on demand.
