Heating manufacturer's switch to powder coating radiates success
Faced with mounting costs and paperwork involved with solvent and waste disposal, a heating equipment manufacturer scraps its liquid spray booths in favor of a powder coating system customized to coat long, large and heavy parts.
Hydro-Air Components, Hamburg, N.Y., manufactures two product lines of radiant heaters: Panel Radiator, a European-designed line of plank-style heaters, found in corporate offices and residential homes; and Rittling Heat-Transfer Division's tinned-tube baseboards used in heating hospitals, prisons, apartment complexes and other commercial and institutional settings