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Article: COMBINING INFRARED & CONVECTION HEATING.
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- Process Heating
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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If you require a continuous oven to dry or cure a wet coating or powder, look into combining infrared and convection heating. Often, it can provide the same results as a conventional convection oven within a smaller equipment footprint.
Traditional convection ovens use heated, forced air to provide the necessary cure. Because the heated air thoroughly bathes the parts and evenly cures all areas -- even deeply contoured and hidden ones -- they heat a range of part sizes and shapes. The air being delivered is held at temperature using closed-loop control, which provides predictable, repeatable results. One disadvantage of convection is its fairly long heating time ...