摘要 |
<p>A powder coating line (22) for coating either coiled strip (60) or pre-sheared and punched blanks (114) is provided. In order to coat strip (60), a catenary portion of the strip is suspended through a powder coating subsystem (20) which includes a powder coating booth (52) and a curing oven (54). The coated strip is then recoiled onto a rewind reel (38). In the alternative, the strip may be stopped and sheared at an input region (63) and presheared blanks (114) introduced to the powder coating subsystem (20). The blanks (114) are placed on a belt conveyor (118), which transports them into the powder coating booth (52). The blanks (114) are then passed in a conveyor (122) through the powder coating booth (52) and oven (54) for subsequent restacking. After passing out of the oven (54), and before coiled or stacking occurs, the strip or blanks pass through a quench (56) and an air dryer (112). The powder coating subsystem (20) can be incorporated into a larger pre-treating, cleaning, embossing or post-processing line (22).</p> |