It's all about the coating!
There are many ways of coating metal. Powder coating is becoming increasingly popular. But how is it done? How does it work? And why is the process being used more and more frequently? These are the questions we want to answer in depth today.
Powder coating has been gaining ground since the end of the 1960s and it is now impossible to imagine life without it. Its main areas of application continue to be household appliances, so-called "white goods", façade coatings and furniture and automotive painting. Powder coating is also an omnipresent and indispensable process in the food service industry.
It provides optimal protection against corrosion and scratches for the surfaces of metal parts. At the same time, powder coating significantly enhances the visual appearance of the equipment.
The powder coating process involves spraying electrostatically charged synthetic powder onto electrically conductive metals such as steel, sheet metal, aluminium (e.g vehicle frames, wheel rims or tanks), to which it then adheres. Through subsequent heating to 150 to 250 degrees, the powder melts and fuses to form a permanent surface.
For a long time, technical reasons meant that powder coating was the only option for metallic surfaces. Today, innovative technologies also enable non-metallic surfaces to be refined using this process.
- Powder coating is distinguished by its high mechanical load capacity.
- The powder coating remains dynamic in its structure and only cracks on extremely rare occasions.
- Powder-coated components also offer high impact resistance.
- Subsequent machining of powder-coated components is simple. The paint does not flake off.
- Minor imperfections on the surface are covered by the high layer thickness of the powder coating.
- Weatherproof: the powder coating takes years to fully harden and therefore takes a long time to become brittle, thus providing excellent and long-term weather resistance.
- The smooth, even surfaces are easy to clean and prevent the adhesion or penetration of dirt and grease.
- Powder coating does not use solvents and is therefore environmentally friendly.
- Powder coatings are available in matt and high-gloss finishes in all RAL colours.
Faster and more economical, durable and environmentally friendly – the advantages of powder coating are unparalleled, making it the ideal process. A serving trolley in neomint, a tray clear clearing trolley in broom yellow or a food serving trolley in sea blue? No problem! Select your powder-coated B.PRO products to suit your requirements – there is a huge variety to choose from.
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