Features and benefits

• Builds upon and enhances the proven industry-leading designs and application performance of their predecessor.
• A 100,000 kV voltage multiplier delivers first-pass transfer efficiency, surpassing previous PE generation guns.
• Positively retained deflector and locking pattern adjustment sleeve provides consistent, repeatable spray performance.
• Electrode air wash keeps the gun charging electrode clean, maximizing electrostatic charging efficiency and preventing surface finish defects.
• Specially engineered materials for powder contact parts in the Encore PE gun and pump are designed specifically to maximize spray performance and wear life.
• Easy disassembly for routine cleaning and maintenance – completely field repairable.
• Robust handle, trigger and cable design – withstands the constant gun movement associated with manual painting and provides easy serviceability, if required.
• Auxiliary PowerPurge trigger – cleans the powder path from the base of the handle through the nozzle, preventing internal powder build-up to provide optimum spraying performance with a wide variety of powder materials
• Commonality of parts between the Encore PE auto and manual guns provide consistency when switching operations and minimizes inventory.

Encore^® PE pump
As with the Encore PE guns, the Encore PE pump builds upon proven prior-generation technology for porcelain-enamel powder, with improved design for increased operating efficiency. Compared to its predecessor, the Nordson 100 Plus PE pump, the Encore PE pump delivers up to 30 percent more powder at comparable compressed air settings.

All-digital, easy-to-use control unit with optional parts tray
Wide variety of nozzle sizes and types – help you tailor the spray patterns to specific part geometries, for more efficient part coverage and powder material utilization.

Optional nozzles and Ion collector
Optional straight and angled flat-spray nozzles enable highly directional spray patterns for efficient, effective coating coverage on specific part areas, such as returns on washer and dryer panels and other flatware, and interior corners of oven cavities. An optional ion collector, designed to assist in controlling finish appearance, is also available.

Available configurations
The Encore PE powder spray system is available in a 50-pound fluidized hopper mobile version to provide ease of mobility around the plant and in a rail-mount version for fixed installations. The Encore PE system is plug-and-play, requiring only few connections, such as air and power, for quick, easy installation. Set-up is also quick and easy, so you can be powder coating like an experienced operator effortlessly.

The technique of enameling, or fusing glass in some form onto a metal substrate, is something we encounter every day – found in sinks, stoves, cookware, building cladding, and many other applications.  When used on jewelry, enameling becomes a work of craftsmanship that transforms an object of adornment into something beautiful. Painted enamel, a design in enamel is painted onto a smooth metal surface. It is also an invaluable industrial process to coat steel for practical uses in appliances, cookware, and signage, where multiple enamel layers are sometimes required.

For a ground coat, the first layer of glass on the metal, the porcelain enamel glass must 1) adhere to the metal (bond), 2) match the thermal expansion of the metal substrate, and 3) have a smooth, defect-free surface. Second "cover" coats of enamel are applied over the fired ground coat. For electrostatic enamels, the coloured enamel powder can be applied directly over a thin unfired ground coat "base coat" layer that is co-fired with the cover coat in a very efficient two-coat/one-fire process. For cover coats, the frit is composed to bind to the ground-coat and produce the desired external properties. [6] Frit is normally prepared by mixing the ingredients and then milling the mixture into a powder. The ingredients, most often metal oxides and minerals such as quartz (or silica sand ), soda ash , borax , and cobalt oxide , are acquired in particulate form; the precise chemical composition and amount of each ingredient must be carefully measured and regulated.

As a general rule, we suggest: 1mm or lower should be counter enamelled 1-1.3mm may need to be counter enamelled, depending on size and shape 1.3mm or thicker enameling on metal, depending on the thickness and the technique you are working in, it is advisable to enamel both sides of the piece. This will help distribute the stress evenly and help lessen warping, which might occur as the metal and enamel expand and contract. These enamel layers are called counter enamel (the under or back side) and top coat (the layer that is facing forward).

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Encore^® Porcelain Enamel (PE) Manual systems