Laser Cured Powder Coating

The result is a cured fused powder on top of the acrylic.

Laser cured powder coating.

Laser curing has been studied as a function of laser intensity laser beam size and. 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. 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. Our specialized in house 7 stage powder coating system was designed to deliver an unbeatable product pre treatment for a superior end product.

Next jump on a laser and put in your design. Powder coat laser engrave and powder coat with a clear coat to protect from rust. Finally rheological measurements and. Powder coat stock nissan pathfinder rims.

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. When paper met printing we had books. The picture above shows a panel on the left that has not been cured and one on the right that has been cured. The final product is very high resolution and super durable.

The latter demonstrates significant reduction of curing time. This applies to stripping and or applying a premium powder coat finish. The results are really quite nice and it appears to look like colored acrylics. The piece of acrylic is first engraved with a raster pattern at standard speed power and then powder coat power is placed on the piece and the operation is re run but at a higher speed and lighter power.

Mild to high temperature applications. Do the final cure in this case it is an oven. Curing of thermosetting powder coating is conventionally done in a convection or infrared oven. Engraving and cutting flat and rotary.

You don t need a lot of imagination to foresee the future. So first powder coat the color you want. It has been shown that it is possible to achieve a much faster curing by using a cw co 2 laser. Oven cured at 325 450 f.

Oven cured between 200 300 f some applications require 5 day air cure. The curing schedule could vary according to the manufacturer s specifications. We operate quality fiber and co2 lasers. Plus our dual coat powder system allows both gel and topcoat to be applied at once greatly reducing production time.

Wash off the excess powder coat. Powder coat finishes can be reached at 410 675 0743. Laser your file onto the panel. Powders requiring 10 15 min at cure temperature in a convection oven reportedly cure within 2 4 min in an ir oven.

Line shape focused laser experiments demonstrated that both liquid voc free coatings and solid powder coatings can be cured.