Fast, Sustainable Curing and Drying of Industrial Coatings Using Lasers

Laser overturns the paradigm of a hot oven. Unlike traditional heat sources and IR lamps, lasers deliver nearly all their energy to the product, while expending negligible energy heating the oven atmosphere and walls. Like a microwave oven, the directed energy and volumetric nature of laser curing and drying is able to process industrial coatings with astounding speed. We demonstrate powder coat curing in under 2 minutes. We’ll show that lasers provide similar advantages drying paint or curing porcelain enamel. The combination of high productivity and thermal efficiency uniquely suits the sustainability needs of the industrial coatings industry.