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requirement of this in the paint operation
has been the need for ATEX classification
of areas and zones on the paint line. A need
to identify the explosive risk in key areas and
therefore restriction on the type of equipment
that can be used in that area brings technical
challenges.
To perform a temperature profile on a solvent
or water-based coating line requires that the
profiling system be passed through zones
/ areas that are classified as potentially
hazardous. To address this restriction
PhoenixTM has introduced the Epsilon-x a
unique intrinsically safe 10 channel profiling
system The logger is certified as Group II
Category 3G for safe operation in gaseous
environments defined as ATEX Zone 2.
Over the last 40 years ‘Thruprocess’
temperature profiling
has been established as an
important and standard
method for proving quality
assurance of the paint cure
process. Monitoring the
temperature of a painted
automotive body shell as it
passes through the series of
sequential cure ovens is
critical to prove that the part
has been heated correctly in
the oven to achieve the
desired physical and cosmetic
properties of the coating.
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Safe Monitoring in
ATEX classified areas
Over the years regulatory compliance and
health and safety has become critical aspect
of day to day manufacturing. One important
Optical Profiling
a products eye view!
Thru-process temperature profiling provides
a great understanding of what temperatures
the product sees travelling through the cure
oven. In terms of paint quality though, in
particular cosmetic finish and paint defects,
this is not the complete story. The painted
car body can
experience many
problems that are
not temperature
related that can
affect the quality
of the cured paint.
Problems such as
paint runs, drips,
paint or rinse
entrapment or
condensate
contamination can
only be detected
post process
without any specific
knowledge of the
root cause / location
of problem.
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