What is the best way to clean powder coating jigs used in a high volume production environment? I may be talking to a company soon (under my
consultancy business) who have a furnace at 450degC running all year round where they heat the jigs then sand blast them. Sounds expensive to have a
furnace running for such applications. Just wondering if anyone else works in a powder coating company that have a more cost effective solution. I
only have experience of Electropheritic wet paint dip plants, you dont get a high build up with those. The company makes automotive parts so will need
to have a high quality process to get approved via a process change request.
Only option i can think of is to find a local company that does the cleaning but i guess this has to be offset against needing more jigs so you can
send a batch out for cleaning.
shotblast them with heavy steel grit, should rip though it without preheating.
Do it on a "kanban" basis with a company with a "wheelabrator" machine (centrifugal blaster) i.e. just cycle a set of spare jigs
out to them
can the jigs be coated with something that the powder does not stick to?
quote:Just need to find the same stuff some manufacturers seem to coat their chassis with before they send them off for powder coating!!
Originally posted by 02GF74
can the jigs be coated with something that the powder does not stick to?
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Originally posted by Richard Quinn
quote:Just need to find the same stuff some manufacturers seem to coat their chassis with before they send them off for powder coating!!
Originally posted by 02GF74
can the jigs be coated with something that the powder does not stick to?
if you use disposable wire tags to attach to the frames then powder oversparay should be vv minimal anyway what are they doing wrong?
Recently had my chassis shotblasted and was advised by the shot blaster to remove as much of the powder coating as possible before getting it blasted . Paint stripper worked well
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Originally posted by NS Dev
shotblast them with heavy steel grit, should rip though it without preheating.
Do it on a "kanban" basis with a company with a "wheelabrator" machine (centrifugal blaster) i.e. just cycle a set of spare jigs out to them
