Mike Chapman from WolfRayet spoke with FinishingAndCoating.com’s Editor-in-Chief Tim Pennington, about the new company’s product lines for the heat-sensitive substrate market.

WolfRayet launched in 2022 to design and manufacture gas catalytic IR ovens and pre-gel ovens for the metal powder coating industry, as well as entire powder coating systems for MDF and heat-sensitive substrates.

“Over the years, the powder supplies have become very creative in developing some of these really super-low bake powders,” Chapman says. “We’re down in the 240 to 265 degrees range now, so that means we have to have a part in the oven for approximately six minutes to get the full cure.”

WolfRayet set up demonstration lines at their Texas facility to showcase the various levels of systems, including the Galaxy 6, 8, and 10 systems designed for medium to large-scale operations. Each system can be customized at the initial design stage. The Galaxy Lyte is an easy-to-use small-scale system. Suited for low-volume coaters to achieve a high-quality coating finish. 

“The only way that we can really show how it works is we decided we had to put production lines in a building here in Gainesville, Texas,” he says. “The Galaxy Ultra Light, which is really an entry-level for less than $100,000, where a coater can get into the business of kitchen cabinets and such.

Chapman says the gas catalytic IR technology, together with PLC systems, gives total process control. 

“Altogether, it is an exciting new high-tech, low-operating cost solution,” he says. “Our complete systems deliver a perfect cost-effective cure for all powder coaters.”

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