Flameless gas infrared paint drying equipment, heaters, ovens from Catalytic Industrial Systems

Catalytic Industrial Ovens - conveyor IR / infrared ovens as drying ovens equipment; convection oven technology

	Catalytic infrared heating saves up to 80% of the energy & time needed by convection ovens or electric infrared ovens.

Flameless Catalytic IR / Infrared Heated Oven Systems Provide Optimum Curing for Liquid and Powder Finishes on Metal, Plastic and Wood

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APPLICATIONS:
• Deere / Hitachi, Kernersville, NC
• Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, Lincoln, NE
• Link-Belt Construction Equipment, Lexington, KY
• Streator Unlimited, Streator, IL
• Ameristar Fence Products, Tulsa, OK
• Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I)

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Case Study #1:
Catalytic Industrial Systems’ Long-wave IR Oven
Reduces Cure Cycle, Minimizes Conveyor Length
and System Footprint

Catalytic Industrial Systems - flameless infrared / IR heaters as drying equipment, dryers, ovens

The new catalytic infrared system was central to improvements in the painting
process and has reduced drying time from 6-8 hours to about 15 minutes for the plant's 20-ton and 23-ton hydraulic excavators, according to Pete Zimmerman,
senior manufacturing engineer.

The Catalytic infrared oven system has not only accelerated paint drying, but
reduced required oven size by half. This substantially lowered building addition
and conveyor system costs for Deere/Hitachi.

Length of the Catalytic oven is 100’ compared to the more than 200’ that
would have been required with a conventional convection forced hot air oven.
A conventional oven that size would also be cost-prohibitive, the plant's
study showed.

The Catalytic infrared oven system eliminated the need for "parking space" for air drying assembled units, and shortened conveyor length. The cost of the conveyor, which transports parts weighing up to 12,000 pounds, is $800 per linear foot.

Four basic weldments make up the excavators the plant produces –
undercarriages, frames, booms and arms. The booms and arms are the
digging components of the machines.

Primer, black, yellow and orange paints are applied as two-component urethanes.
The excavating machine weldments, which weigh 10,000 to 12,000 lbs, are
painted using an electrostatic air spray system.

With the Catalytic infrared oven, the paint is sufficiently dry after 15 minutes
for workers to walk on the weldments, demask them and apply decals.

In addition to the 20-ton and 23-ton excavators, the Kernersville plant paints
booms and arm weldments for Deere/Hitachi 27, 33, and 45-ton excavators.

Catalytic Industrial Systems has designed, manufactured, tested and installed
gas-fired catalytic infrared heating systems for industrial processes since 1963.

The long-wave infrared radiation produced by the Catalytic oven system is more
readily absorbed by most materials than the shorter wave energy of competitive systems. As a result, catalytic ovens typically deliver major energy savings.

In Catalytic Industrial Systems installations, the catalyst and electric preheating
elements are housed in modular emitter panels, which interlock in a range of
sizes and configurations to direct heat as required. System maintenance is
negligible, because there are no moving parts and no bulbs or tubes to replace.

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Catalytic Industrial Systems
20th and Sycamore • Independence, KS 67301
E-mail: sales@catalyticirovens.com
(800) 835-0557

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