Powder Coating
What is powder coating?
According to the PCI (Powder Coat Institute),
It's tough. It looks great. And it lasts a long, long time. Powder
coating is a high quality finish that's found on thousands of products
you come in contact with each day. It makes products durable,
attractive and extremely scratch-resistant too.
How does it
work? Powder coating is a dry finishing process. Finely ground
particles of pigment and resin are electrostatically charged and
sprayed onto the products to be coated.
The parts to be
coated are positively grounded, so that the charged particles adhere to
them until melted and fuse into a solid coating in a curing oven.
The result: a sleek, strong, high-quality finish.
The
powder coating process itself offers another advantage - it is
environmentally friendly and virtually pollution-free! Unlike liquid
paint, no solvents are used in powder coating, so only negligible
amounts of VOC's are released into the air.
Powder coating
is the fastest growing finishing technology in North America,
representing over 15% of all industrial finishing applications. Powder
coating is the stronger, tougher, better choice.