A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO INFRARED PAINT CURING SYSTEM

Does Infrared light cure Paint?

Electric infrared curing technology is a great addition to your paint booth’s curing mode and may significantly shorten drying times for any type of paint, whether you utilise a mobile or rail-mounted system.They cut the hours-long drying process down to minutes.

Paint curing in cold weather might take up to twice as long, which will significantly lower your productivity. However, you can cure body fillers, paints, primers, and lacquers in less than ten minutes if you use an IR paint booth.

Classification of Infrared waves

Three types of infrared heating are commonly distinguished: short wave, medium wave, and long wave. A portion of the sun’s natural light spectrum, infrared waves don’t cause damage to skin like UV rays.

Short Wave

Refers to non-visible light with a wavelength of around 1400–3000 nanometres (nm). Because SWIR light falls outside of the visible spectrum (400–700 nm), it is invisible to the human eye

Medium Wave

A portion of the electromagnetic spectrum’s infrared band that spans wavelengths of 3µm to 5µm (3,000–5,000nm). Thermal imaging cameras that are not cooled detect radiant heat like this.

Long Wave

The subset of infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum, covering the wavelengths ranging from 8µm to 14µm (8,000 to 14,000nm).

Heat Transfer Methods

Conduction

In the Conduction method, the heat transfer occurs between objects by direct contact.

Convection

In the Convection method, the heat transfer takes within the fluid.

Radiation

In the Radiation method, the heat transfer occurs without involving particles through electromagnetic waves.

How to Infrared dryer works?

A reflector and a heating element are the two main parts of an infrared heater. Heat is produced by the heating element from chemical energy received from fuel or electricity. This thermal energy is then directed towards surrounding objects by the reflector as radiant heat.

Types of Infrared heaters

There are three major industrial infrared heaters: quartz, ceramic, and metal sheaths. These heaters use electromagnetic infrared rays, achieving temperature from 1300 ° F to 1600 ° F (704 ° C to 871 ° C) according to their structure, and improving both efficiency and productivity. You can do it. Among them, quartz heaters are known to reach the highest temperatures and ceramic heaters are the most economical.

Quartz Infrared Heaters : Quartz infrared heaters produce short wavelengths and provide the hottest type of infrared heat. They are great for high temperature applications but are not suitable for heating open spaces.

Solution for Paint Baking

ATS ELGI Offers Paint Booth with Infrared system. Infrared (IR) dryers are globally invented and in a very short time, itsucceeds in providing a professional solution for drying a painted surface with better quality.