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Plaforization Products are Environmentally
Friendly
Due to their extremely low vapor pressure, Plaforization
products emit only very small amounts of VOCs. For example,
a properly-designed installation treating 50,000 square feet
of metal/year would emit between 160 lb. and 1,200 lb./year,
depending on the product used. The products contain no halogenated
compounds, ozone-depleting compounds, carcinogens, mutagens,
or hazardous air pollutants, and they biodegrade to CO2 and
water only.
The Plaforization process uses no water and
is not rinsed, so nothing goes into the water stream.
The Plaforization process creates no sludge,
so it creates nothing for landfill. The only thing you throw
out is the filtered fines that came in on the parts.
Oil is not skimmed or dumped, but is used in
the process.
The Plaforization Process is Easy to Use
Treatment time is one minute in a single tank,
with no rinse, followed by a 3-minute drip-off, blow-off,
and drying, and then the part is ready to paint.
The bath is extremely stable, which means you
get consistently excellent finished parts. Also, there are
no daily bath checks to conduct. Bath analyses are performed
for you every other month.
Multi-metals can be treated, even simultaneously.
The bath is unheated, so there is no waiting
for bath warm-up before starting operations.
Capital and Operating Costs are Lower
Since Plaforization installations are single-stage
with no rinse, they have a smaller footprint and are less
expensive.
There are fewer and smaller fans and pumps.
You spend nothing on natural gas to heat tanks
because it is a room-temperature process.
Bath checks need to be conducted only every
other month.
For plastics, the Ecopur technology was developed
to provide the same efficient and safe method to prepare rigid
polyurethane surfaces for finishing operations as the Ecophor
line provides for metals. The process works at room temperature
and takes place in a single stage, with no rinse and no effluent.
Ecopur formulations not only remove demolding
agents but also react with the plastic surface, depositing
a very thin polymeric sealant which improves adhesion of topcoats.
Like Ecophor for metals, Ecopur for plastics
operates by either dip or flowcoating. Before pretreating
with Ecopur, a compressed air blow-down is recommended to
remove fine polyurethane dust. The normal processing cycle
includes the treatment phase (2-3 minutes), a draining station
and a final drying phase. Depending on the particular product
used, dry-off may be forced air (warm or cold) or an oven
dry-off.
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