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 #6:
Catalytic Infrared Oven Halves Paint Cycle,
Improves Gloss Quality

Mercury Marine re-engineered its paint process to incorporate a catalytic
infrared oven, and reduced total paint cycles by more than 50% – from
four hours to less than two.

The catalytic infrared oven also reduced paint curing cycles from 50 minutes
to 16 minutes, replaced an 80’ convection oven with a 40’ infrared system
and eliminated 240’ of conveyor.

MerCruiser is the leader in inboard and stern-drive marine propulsion.
The plant’s boat engines are finished in a black epoxy. Formerly, two
convection ovens, each 80’, were used for paint curing. The process required
engines to make five conveyor trips through the ovens. With the catalytic
infrared oven, there is just one convection oven, and engines make
two trips before final infrared cure. The original 400’ conveyor has been
streamlined to 160’.

Paint curing time has been reduced from 50 minutes to 16 minutes:
12 minutes in the convection oven and four in the infrared oven.

With no change in paint formulation, accelerating the curing time has
enhanced the glossiness of the boat engines’ paint finishes. The higher
gloss has resulted from the faster exiting of paint solvents facilitated
by the Catalytic system.

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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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