Coater Technical Tips & Info
At IFS we have a wealth of experience and information available to you! Check out some of the great technical tools, perfect to assist with a problem or as a training tool, from webinars you can watch whenever it's convenient, and videos to see how its done, to technical guides and an ebook that takes you through common issues.
Technical Guides
Choose one of our guides to read here:
- The Little Things: Keeping Order in Your Job Shop
- The Trials and Tribulations of Hoses and Pumps
- Cured Film Properties - Issues, Causes and Solutions
- Fluidization and Fluidizing Bed Issues - Powder Coatings
- Powder Coating Application Issues, Problems & Fixes
- Appearance Issues: When Powder Coating Jobs Go Wrong
- Special Effect Powder Coatings and How To Apply Them
- Spraying Metallics with Powder Coatings: What you Need to Know
- How to Apply a Two Coat System
- The Different Types of Pretreatments for Powder Coatings
- QC Testing For Your Powder Coating Line
- The Different Types of Powder Coatings
Training Webinars
Our webinars are easy to follow, English language webinars, put together by the IFS technical team that cover some of the most common issues we get asked about. They range from about 30 - 40 minutes long and cover all sorts of different topics! Watch them at the links below!
Understanding the different types of powder coatings. This webinar takes you through the different types of powder coatings, their advantages and disadvantages and where to use them.
Powder Application Issues & How To Avoid Them. We cover some of the most common application issues, what can happen and how to avoid them. We can't cover every issue and every type of combination of equipment, but this webinar takes you through the most common issues and how to solve them!
Easy QC Checks for Powder Coaters. Making sure your powder is fully cured and meets the performance parameters your customer expects is important. These simple tests will help you ensure your coating is good and your customer is happy.
Common Powder Coating Appearance Issues & How To Avoid Them. There's nothing worse than applying your coating, curing it - and then there's something wrong. Check out some of the most common appearance issues and how to make sure you don't experience them!
Powder Coating Equipment & Maintenance: Tips for the coating professional. This webinar takes you through good equipment management and also some suggestions from seasoned pros for your maintenance schedule.
Demonstration Videos
Check out our selection of videos that show you how to perform simple QC tests, how to apply certain two coat systems, and much, much more. You'll find them here as well as on YouTube!
5 Minute Learning Videos
Need some quick tips on key topics? We broke out some of the tips Jason gave in our webinars into 5 minute quick learning tools:
Coaters Technical Ebook
The IFS Coaters Ebook is easily downloadable so you have everything in one place.
More Resources
There is plenty more available - troubleshooting posters you can put up by your coating operation with top tips in both Spanish and English, brochures, leaflets and the ability to ask our technical experts direct! Contact us and we'll send them out to you!