The emerging use of water based paints has created different requirements
for paint booth air handling systems. Maximum air flow is what is required
to effectively and properly dry water based paints. AEI Paint Booths has
always provided our paint booths with a " Full Air Flow" cure cycle
as a standard feature through using a
larger burner in our heated air make up units as a standard feature. It is
air flow and air changes in the paint booth that maximizes the removal of
water vapors and provides the most efficient and cost effective method for
curing. Merely agitating or stirring the air will not assist with the drying
process....the moist air, whether water based or solvent based, must be
removed from the area and replaced with high volumes of dry clean air.
Think
of sitting a damp towel on a table to dry in a closed booth, the more clean
dry air you pass over the towel the faster it will dry. You must remove the
moisture laden air from the booth. The more air changes per minute the more
moisture you are removing. Operating at "Full Air Flow" during the cure
cycle provides the most air changes per minute thus improving efficiency and
lowering energy costs. This is true for
both water based paints and solvent based paints. Our paint booths as a
standard feature operate at "Full Air Flow" in the cure cycle while most
others slow the air flow to half speed and half volume during the cure
cycle. We also offer an " Infinite Airflow Control System" option for all of
our booths. This system allows you total control of the air flow, air speed,
air volume, air pressure, and temperature.
Our water based paint systems are not retro-fits and do not just agitate the
already wet air. Our systems are designed to get the wet air out of the
booth as quickly as possible and replace that moisture filled air with
clean, dry, heated air. Select any of our booths with a heat and cure
package and you will be purchasing a system that provides "Full Air Flow"
during the drying/curing cycle for optimum water based paint drying as well
as optimum solvent based drying and curing......reducing drying times and energy costs.