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Astral’s automated powder coating booths have 20 spray guns that apply powder automatically while maintaining consistent and uniform powder application. Astral’s automated powder coating equipment has reclaim ability and produces a transfer rate of more than 99%. Reclaimed powder is automatically sieved to ensure consistency of the powder prior to re-spraying. Astral has a manual powder coating booth that can be used for faraday cage reinforcement or for small batch runs. Astral’s powder coating facility features a clean room that is highly filtered to minimize dust contamination. Operators wear lint free clothing, hairnets, and shoe covers to further minimize the introduction of contaminates into the powder coating room. The room is also constantly air-conditioned and humidified to maintain consistent application conditions. We have worked closely with our powder supplier to develop class “A” finishes with metallic powders. Astral’s powder coating line can coat parts as large as 8 feet tall. |
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What Is powder coating? In a traditional solvent-based system, a solvent is added to resin and pigment to create liquid paint. The solvent serves as a way to transfer the resin and pigment to the product. Liquid paint is then heated to evaporate the solvent, leaving the pigment and resin on the product. Powder completely eliminates the need to add a solvent; therefore, no harmful volatile organic compounds are emitted into our environment. Astral’s fully automated powder coating booth uses electrostatic technology and reclaims over-spray, maximizing the transfer efficiency rate, while maintaining consistent and uniform powder application. In addition, powder coating's one-coat system does not require a primer or a topcoat; therefore the raw material and direct labor costs are significantly less than painting with a traditional solvent-based paint. |
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