PRODUCTS & PROCESSES
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PhoenixTM help shine light on an Alloy Wheel coating operation !
See what truly happens in the powder coating oven process
Ever wondered what exactly happens to your product inside your paint oven during normal production ? That is exactly what the PhoenixTM new Optic system for Paint Process monitoring allows you to do . The system can monitor the product temperature profile and simultaneously record video of your product travelling through the cure oven at temperature .
The PhoenixTM VIS-64 Optic system was recently used to validate the operation of the Ri Wheel Systems Ltd alloy wheel refurbishment line installed at the Dick Lovett Group . To our knowledge , this is the first time that a combined optical and temperature profile of a powder coating line has been performed .
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Fig 1 : PhoenixTM VIS-64 Optic System used on the Ri Wheel Systems Ltd alloy wheel refurbishment line at the Dick Lovett Group .
The PhoenixTM Optic system allows thru-process paint defect detection using optical profiling . The high-resolution video camera can safely travel through the paint oven with an independent torch recording video footage of what the product sees ( Fig 2.1 ). The system is just like your car ‘ Dash Cam ’ the only difference being that the journey is through a cure oven operating up to 200 ° C . During the same run a temperature profile of either the oven temperature and or product temperature can be performed using the PTM1200 data logger ( Fig 2.2 ).
From the optical profile run , video of the alloy wheels journey through the oven was obtained showing smooth unhindered travel . The excellent field of view allowed a comprehensive inspection of the inside of the oven and operation of the chain on edge conveyor system ( Fig 3 ).
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