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 Infrared technology works in a different way to the more standard method of curing paint in an oven via heated air (convection heating). The traditional method uses a large volume of heated air, which in turn heats the entire vehicle or object.
However, as the majority of the work in the average body shop consists of panel repairs, much of the energy is wasted heating parts that have not been painted.
The use of short wave infrared is in fact triggering a two-way cure using radiated energy from the surface and conduction from the substrate and it is this effect that produces such good through curing. Short Wave produces high temperatures that dramatically accelerate the curing / drying process. Another benefit is that infra-red is much more energy efficient than convection, reducing heating bills by up to 90%, and it is this combination of fast, high quality curing with low running costs that has determined that Trisk primarily offer Short Wave equipment throughout the infrared range. The two most common types of infra red used in curing paint are medium and short wave infrared, the latter proving to be the fastest. Typical curing times with shortwave are half that of medium wave. For more information see |
The advantage of using infrared is that it only heats objects that are placed in its path, directly focussing energy where it's needed. Trisk infrared equipment causes molecular excitement both in the paint and in the substrate which in turn causes heat to pass back through the coating via conduction.