Catalytic Industrial Systems - flameless infra-red / IR curing ovens, drying equipment, heaters

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.

• Case Study #1: Deere / Hitachi, Kernersville, NC
• Case Study #2: Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, Lincoln, NE
• Case Study #3: Link-Belt Construction Equipment, Lexington, KY
• Case Study #4: Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA
• Case Study #5: Streator Unlimited, Streator, IL
• Case Study #6: Mercury Marine MerCruiser Division, Stillwater, OK
• Case Study #7: Steelcase, Asheville, NC

Case Study #2:
Catalytic Industrial Systems’ Long-wave Infrared Ramp Oven Solves Problems with Powder Paint Curing.

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

Catalytic Industrial Systems provided an excellent answer for powder
coating curing at the Lincoln, Nebraska, operations of Kawasaki Motors.

The plant produces motorcycles, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), mules
and industrial robots. The finishing operation for ATV wheels and mules
had experienced quality problems with powder coating curing.

Daily, 6,000 wheels for Kawasaki and competitive products receive a powder
coating in one of four colors. Straight convection oven curing was allowing
"bleed-through” – a yellowing of the finish coat – from the gray electrocoat
beneath it, according to Production Engineer Dave Reinke.

The company determined that a lower oven temperature, combined with
a longer dwell time could solve the problem, but accomplishing this with
convection heat would have required expansion of the oven capacity
and burner capacity.

The company concluded that an infrared "ramping" system, which would quickly
raise the parts from ambient to final curing temperature, would be preferable.

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

In the Catalytic solution, an infrared oven is incorporated into the convection
oven as the first zone. It ramps parts quickly to a temperature near the
convection oven setting of 365°F, 15° less than the previous temperature
setting. “The oven's convection zone then holds the parts' temperature and
allows the heat to "soak" through the entire product," Reinke explained.
Wheels spend 30 minutes in
the oven system.

The use of convection alone had been unable to bring all components to
optimum curing temperature. "We had to set the temperature higher than
we wanted in order to bring the product up to curing temperature. Most of
the product never reached the oven setting temperature (380°)," Reinke said.

After determining that infrared was the most practical option, Kawasaki
contacted Catalytic through a a referral. The effectiveness of the Catalytic
systems was then tested on Kawasaki components at the Catalytic testing
laboratory in Independence, Kansas. Reinke noted that the performance
of the actual installation was superior to what tests had indicated.

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

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