Automated air filtration and drying system for waterborne paint and industrial coatings
AssigneeOptimum Air Corporation
InventorsFred G. Scheufler, Richard D. Scheufler, deceased, by Fred G. Scheufler, executor, William H. Bayard
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Abstract
An automated air filtration and drying system including an energy and environmental management system for controlling, monitoring and supervising the operation and performance of the air filtration and drying system, a capture apparatus for capturing and controlling overspray, and a drying control module for rapidly drying a coated article using a continuously filtered and dehumidified flow of recycled air.
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A method for drying an aqueous-based paint which was applied onto a substrate at a surface thickness of from about 0.1 to about 15 mils to provide a substrate having a painted surface, which method comprises the steps of:
- (1) flowing air substantially uniformly and at a surface velocity of at least 10 feet per minute over the painted substrate surface, while maintaining the painted substrate surface in a drying environment having an RH in the range of about 25 to about 95 percent, and a temperature in the range of about 45 F. to about 125 F., and
- (2) continuing the procedure of step (1) in a continuous or batch mode until the painted substrate surface is substantially dry.
A method for drying an aqueous-based coating which was applied onto a substrate at a surface thickness of from about 0.1 to about 15 mils to provide a substrate having a coated surface, which method comprises the steps of:
- (1) flowing air substantially uniformly and at a surface velocity of at least 10 feet per minute over the coated substrate surface, while maintaining the coated substrate surface in a drying environment having an RH in the range of about 25 to about 95 percent, and a temperature in the range of about 45 F. to about 125 F., and
- (2) continuing the procedure of step (1) in a continuous or batch mode until the coated substrate surface is substantially dry.
A method for drying an aqueous-based coating which was applied onto a substrate at a surface thickness of from about 0.1 to about 15 mils to provide a substrate having a coated surface, which method comprises the steps of:
- (1) flowing air substantially uniformly and at a surface velocity of at least 10 feet per minute over the coated substrate surface, while maintaining the coated substrate surface in a drying environment having an RH in the range of about 25 to about 95 percent, and a temperature in the range of about 45 F. to about 125 F., and
- (2) continuing the procedure of step (1) in a continuous or batch mode until the coated substrate surface achieves a suitable dryness level.
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