Posts

Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in Composites Bonding

Image
A new system comprising a curing oven, regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) , and secondary and tertiary heat exchangers can help reduce operating costs while ensuring the safe removal of volatile organic compounds during composite bonding processes. Among all chemical curing techniques, convection and radiant thermal curing represent the most widely used applications for adhesives and sealants . During the curing process, adhesives and sealants usually pass through two physical transformations—evaporation and condensation—while being applied to other materials. In addition to physical changes, the specific temperatures cause chemical changes in adhesives and sealants at a molecular level, where polymer chains’ crosslinking occurs. Crosslinking represents the final step of polymerization, which optimizes the tensile strength of the material and solidifies the adhesive bonds in the curing process. Achieving this critical threshold requires not only predetermined temperature ranges but
Post a Comment
Read more

Custom Coil Coating System Meets Production & VOC Removal Demands for Automotive Manufacturer

Image
Every manufacturing operation that produces finished painted metal products needs to assess the benefits of using pre-coated metal coils or applying paint directly on the finished product. Epcon Industrial Systems pursued a feasibility study for a large automotive manufacturer regarding its transition from the painting of metal parts on-site to the coating of coils used for various automobile parts. Both the coil coating process and the post-painting of automotive metal parts are notorious for high thermal requirements in coater rooms, in-house spray booths, curing ovens and volatile organic compound (VOC) removal. A re-engineered system with updated technology can not only increase the speed of the operations and output, but also improve the efficiency of the air pollution controls . This particular project objective was to design and assemble a new pre-painted metal production line equipped with a regenerative thermal oxidizer to remove the VOCs from the curing sessions. The client
Post a Comment
Read more

Epcon Industrial Systems LP - Trusted Environmental Solutions

Image
Business View Magazine interviews Tasha Jamaluddin, Managing Director of Epcon Industrial Systems, for our focus on the U.S. Manufacturing Sector Few companies that are not environmental protection agencies are as hard at work protecting the environment as Epcon Industrial Systems . Based in The Woodlands, Texas, the company is in a unique niche that builds air pollution control solutions for a wide range of industries. In its 44th year, the company has become a significant supplier for industries like food and beverage, aerospace, and oil and gas, and many more. With the U.S. government and government worldwide passing more and stricter environmental protection laws, Epcon is at the epicentre of a massive industry shift towards more responsible industrial practices. “We started with a list of about 28 industries that we serve, but right now, that list has grown to over 50, as more industries adopt tighter environmental protection protocols,” says Tasha Jamaluddin, Managing Directo
Post a Comment
Read more

Achieving Net-Positive Operations in Adhesive Tape Manufacturing

Image
An air pollution control system designed and installed for a major tape coating line exemplifies how the best economic solution can also be the best environmental solution. As manufacturers in the adhesives sector increasingly champion their roles as environmental stewards, their focus extends beyond the monetary benefits of immediate operations such as a reduced downtime, fuel cost, and waste disposal fees. Instead, the currency of environmental , social, and governance (ESG) factors comes to the forefront, and the lasting environmental impacts that manufacturers’ decisions will have for generations become of equal or even greater importance. As more manufacturers across the adhesives and sealants industry embrace sustainable manufacturing processes, they are finding their decisions are also improving their financial bottom line. There does not need to be a trade-off, and green manufacturing is proving to be a win-win.  Tape Manufacturing Challenge A large manufacturer of spec
Post a Comment
Read more

Various Heat-Treating Applications for the Aluminium Industry

Image
Heat treating is a critical thermal process for not only aluminum parts and products but also for the coating of aluminum sheets. Aluminum manufactured products of various sizes have been steadily replacing steel in industrial designs such as automobiles, airplanes, appliances and many more applications due to the light weight and flexibility of aluminum. Today, we are also seeing an increasing demand for affordable, lightweight, stamped metal parts, which is driving the development of specialty laminated products in coil-coating aluminum-sheet lines. Multiple Batch Aging Ovens with Guillotine Doors This article highlights two different heat-treating (annealing) systems designed for the aluminum industry. The first project features a batch-type aging oven designed for the manufacture of automotive parts. The second featured system is a curing oven with an integrated air-pollution-control system designed for coil coating laminated aluminum rolls. These systems illustrate the ch
Post a Comment
Read more

Sophisticated Control Systems for Optimal Process Operations

Image
Whether installing new equipment or retrofitting an existing facility, make sure the industrial systems use the latest in controls technology and with the capacity to meet a range of variable operational demands while limiting operator oversight. A comprehensive control system, whether designing a new controls package or updating your existing system to a new controls scheme, is the most effective way to enhance any complex industrial manufacturing process — especially in more sensitive applications, such as coil coating or composite curing, where uniformity and precision are critical and when errors in operating controls are detrimental and extremely costly. The importance of controls is compounded when you have an integrated system where the process heating equipment is connected to an air pollution control system. These complex and expansive projects require sophisticated controls that regulate process speeds, temperature ranges, airflows, pressure, and VOC concentration levels, c
Post a Comment
Read more