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www.vapour-degreasing.com Conclusion – PhoenixTM Your Finishing Oven 8 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.4 Process Files to describe fully the Process Conditions – Oven Settings (Zones & Features) Product/Cure criteria. Article written by Dr Steve Offley – Product Marketing Manager PhoenixTM 8.5 Cure Analysis – Graphical Analysis showing Time @ Temperature & Peak Temperature against Pass Fail Criteria. 8.1 8.6 Cure Chart – Create copy of Paint Supplier Bake Window and perform automatic analysis against it. Table 2: How Features of the PhoenixTM Finishing Software can help give value to understand your cure process Software Feature Time @ Temperature Analysis (Numerical/Graphical or CureChart) To fully control your paint cure process and the quality of your coated product it is critical that you determine accurately what temperature and for how long your product experiences in your cure oven. The PhoenixTM Finishing Temperature profiler provides you the means to achieve this. With a purpose designed system incorporating some unique features such as Live Blue Tooth / RF communication, portable operation using Android smart phone or Tablet the coating company can maximize the potential of their operation and secure existing and new future business. For more information Contact: Phoenix Temperature Measurement Telephone: +44 1353 223100 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.phoenixtm.com Value to Cure Process Identify whether or not the coating is cured correctly against paint supplier specification. Prevent under cure of coating which may create risk of future damage. Peak Temperature Confirm that the product doesn’t exceed temperatures that may damage the coating or the product if delicate (Warping of plastic) Slopes / Rise & Fall Paint - Prevent Solvent pop problems during the flash off zone and control gloss Max Difference Powder - control melt and flow to give desired texture and gloss characteristics Identify areas on the product showing extreme temperature differences. (Confirm that on a car body that temperature difference left to right is within tolerance) Reference / Tolerance Curve Compare the profile graph against ideal reference or Tolerance curves to identify process changes or oven deterioration. Process Data Create Template files to describe all your oven and test conditions. Select process file matching your run to quickly load all information and immediately allow full analysis without repeated parameter entry run after run. Customized Report See how the profile data relates to your oven design and set-up. Identify location of cold spots quickly and accurately making corrective action easy. Configure the report to match your specific documentation needs. Create PDFs and share digitally with colleagues, customers, auditors and archive. Win new business on the basis of being able to certify product quality. LIVE 2020 Surface World Live 2020 will be returning to Hall 11 at the NEC in Birmingham. The next show will be held on the 18th & 19th March 2020. - we have everything covered read online: www.surfaceworld.com If you are interested in booking a stand then call Nigel Bean on 01442 826826 or send him an email at [email protected] JUNE 2019 73