Laser Cured Powder Coating

Wash off the excess powder coat.

Laser cured powder coating.

The results are really quite nice and it appears to look like colored acrylics. When paper met full color printing we had a new world of printed art and photos when powder coating met ap lazer a new era of powder graphics was born. 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. Powder coat finishes can be reached at 410 675 0743.

Our specialized in house 7 stage powder coating system was designed to deliver an unbeatable product pre treatment for a superior end product. The curing schedule could vary according to the manufacturer s specifications. Powder coat laser engrave and powder coat with a clear coat to protect from rust. Powder coat stock nissan pathfinder rims.

Engraving and cutting flat and rotary. Line shape focused laser experiments demonstrated that both liquid voc free coatings and solid powder coatings can be cured. This applies to stripping and or applying a premium powder coat finish. The latter demonstrates significant reduction of curing time.

We operate quality fiber and co2 lasers. When paper met printing we had books. Powders requiring 10 15 min at cure temperature in a convection oven reportedly cure within 2 4 min in an ir oven. The final product is very high resolution and super durable.

Curing of thermosetting powder coating is conventionally done in a convection or infrared oven. Mild to high temperature applications. The picture above shows a panel on the left that has not been cured and one on the right that has been cured. Plus our dual coat powder system allows both gel and topcoat to be applied at once greatly reducing production time.

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. Do the final cure in this case it is an oven. So first powder coat the color you want. You don t need a lot of imagination to foresee the future.

Laser your file onto the panel. Laser curing has been studied as a function of laser intensity laser beam size and. Also note that thinner areas of your product will cure faster than thicker areas so you will want to keep an eye on it so that it cooks just long enough for the thickest part to reach proper temperature. Oven cured between 200 300 f some applications require 5 day air cure.

Oven cured at 325 450 f. Curing of solid powder coatings occurs with a curing rate of 3 6 m min 1 opening the possibility to introduce nir laser curing as a new technology in coating sciences. It has been shown that it is possible to achieve a much faster curing by using a cw co 2 laser. The result is a cured fused powder on top of the acrylic.

Next jump on a laser and put in your design.