HEAT CLEANING FOR THE COATING INDUSTRY

摘要

Heat cleaning and thermal stripping is not a modern process. Paint line managers have been burning off coatings from material-handling hardware for many years. The term "burn-off" was applied years ago when fixtures were burned out back, in a pile, on the ground. This uncontrolled burning of fixtures caused lots of environmental problems, including smoke, and was a big concern to local fire departments. The heat-cleaning or thermal-stripping oven was developed to serve a dual purpose. First, it solved the smoke and environmental problems present with burning. Second, it provided a controlled process to safely clean material-handling fixtures, racks, trees, and hooks without worry of distortion or damage to the parts being cleaned.