Connie Wood is marketing director for Datapaq, Inc., Wilmington, MA., a manufacturer of temperature profiling systems for use in challenging environments. For more information, call 978.988.9000, e-mail cwood@datapaq.com or visit www.datapaq.com.
Product cure quality and consistency are of primary importance to custom coaters and in-house coating lines alike. Various factors can affect the quality of cure, including peak temperature, time at temperature or the rate of temperature change. Conditions can change within a curing oven, and that same oven’s performance can alter over time.
Recent advances in the bake chart software used by temperature profiling systems can help finishing managers easily and efficiently achieve an optimum cure.
