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Powder Coating
We are a small powder coating shop located in North Providence, RI. We can help customers in the tri-state area of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut get the results that they are looking for. Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The coating is typically applied electrostatically and is then cured under heat to allow it to flow and form a "skin". The powder may be a thermoplastic or a thermoset polymer. It is used to create a hard finish that is tougher than conventional paint with nearly unlimited colors to choose from.
Process
The powder coating process involves three basic steps:
Part preparation or the pre-treatment
The powder application
Curing
Removal of oil, soil, lubrication greases, metal oxides, welding scales etc. is essential prior to the powder coating process.
The selection of the method depends on the size and the material of the part to be powder coated, the type of soil to be removed and the performance requirement of the finished product.
Abrasive blasting (sand blasting, media blasting, shot blasting) or chemical pre-treatments are usually used to prepare the parts for painting.
Advantages
There are several advantages of powder coating over conventional liquid coatings:
Powder coatings emit zero or near zero volatile organic compounds.
Powder coatings can produce much thicker coatings than conventional liquid coatings without running or sagging.
Powder coating overspray can be recycled and thus it is possible to achieve nearly 100% use of the coating.
Powder coating production lines produce less hazardous waste than conventional liquid coatings.
Powder coated items generally have fewer appearance differences between horizontally coated surfaces and vertically coated surfaces than liquid coated items.
A wide range of specialty effects is easily accomplished which would be impossible to achieve with other coating processes.