Summary for decreased powder flow Discussion
Decreased powder flow is the issue in this thread: Tom Spear, a powder coating manager in Racine, Wisconsin, says his team manually coats thousands of parts on three-tier racks and gets noticeably less powder flow when reaching the lower arms than when reaching the top arms. He notes that the hoses are short and the hoppers are adequate, suggesting the problem is not simply a lack of powder supply. The excerpt provided does not include any technical replies or diagnosis, so there is no consensus solution in the visible thread. The page mainly captures the operational problem and invites technical responses from readers. Because no answerers are shown in the excerpt, no named advice can be attributed here.
Q. We manually coat thousands of parts presented to the coaters on three tier racks. Powder flow is markedly less when coating parts on the bottom arms than it is when reaching for parts on the top arms. Hoses are short. Hoppers are adequate.
tom spear
pc mgr. – racine Wisconsin
April 8, 2017
Ed. note: This RFQ is outdated, but technical replies are welcome, and readers are encouraged to post their own RFQs. But no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?).