EP3381574A1 - Durcissement de films de peinture à base aqueuse - Google Patents

Durcissement de films de peinture à base aqueuse Download PDF

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EP3381574A1
EP3381574A1 EP17164161.6A EP17164161A EP3381574A1 EP 3381574 A1 EP3381574 A1 EP 3381574A1 EP 17164161 A EP17164161 A EP 17164161A EP 3381574 A1 EP3381574 A1 EP 3381574A1
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Ömer Gökçe KUYUCU
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D3/00—Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D3/02—Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
    • B05D3/0209—Multistage baking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D3/00—Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D3/02—Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
    • B05D3/0254—After-treatment
    • B05D3/0263—After-treatment with IR heaters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B3/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat
    • F26B3/28—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun
    • F26B3/30—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun from infrared-emitting elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D2401/00—Form of the coating product, e.g. solution, water dispersion, powders or the like
    • B05D2401/20—Aqueous dispersion or solution
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D3/00—Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D3/04—Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to gases
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  • the present invention relates to curing wet water-based paint films, using heating radiation.
  • a water-based paint may comprise any water-based composition that can be applied as a thin film to a supporting substrate.
  • a water-based paint may comprise one or more pigments and/or other additives dissolved and/or suspended in water. Some water-based paints are curable by heating, whereby the solid film remaining on the substrate is rendered more resistant to water.
  • Curing of wet water-based paint films supported on a substrate may be carried out by using an irradiative technique according to which at least part of the radiation is absorbed by the substrate.
  • This technique can achieve good uniform heating and curing of the water-based paint film.
  • the inventor for the present application has identified the problem that such an irradiative technique can produce surface defects in the target film.
  • One aim of the research work carried out by the inventor for the present application is to provide a curing technique for which there is less risk of producing surface defects.
  • one embodiment of the curing technique developed by the inventor for the present application comprises operating one or more radiation sources having an emission spectrum characterised by a peak wavelength in the medium infrared range in combination with one or more radiation sources having an emission spectrum characterised by a peak wavelength in the short infrared range.
  • US2002/0034594 happens to describe a technique using a range of IR lamps at different wavelengths, but there is no mention in US2002/0034594 of the problem identified by the inventor for the present application, nor any mention of technical solution developed by the inventor for the present application.
  • a method of curing a target film comprising: controlling the operation of one or more of: (i) one or more first radiation sources for primarily heating the target film within a chamber, (ii) one or more second radiation sources for primarily evaporating water from the target film, and (iii) one or more extraction devices for extracting water vapour from the chamber, at least partly on the basis of one or more indicators of the concentration of water vapour at one or more locations within the chamber.
  • controlling the operation of one or more of (i) said one or more first radiation sources, (ii) said one or second radiation sources, and (iii) said one or more extraction devices is also based on one or more indicators of the temperature at the surface of the target film at one or more locations within the chamber.
  • the method comprises operating the one or more second radiation sources at an emission spectrum characterised by a peak wavelength within the infrared range longer than the peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the one or more first radiation sources.
  • controlling the operation of one or more second radiation sources comprises switching between supplying and cutting power to the one or more second radiation sources.
  • controlling the one or more first radiation sources comprises controlling the distance of the one or more first radiation sources from the target film.
  • the method further comprises triggering an alert in response to detecting that a rate of evaporation of water from the target film exceeds a predetermined upper threshold or is lower than a predetermined lower threshold.
  • the method further comprises conveying the target film along a route through the chamber, locating said first and second radiation sources at a plurality of locations along the route, and providing heating radiation reflectors between said locations.
  • heating of the target film by radiation from the one or more first radiation sources occurs at least partly via absorption of radiation from the one or more first radiation sources by a substrate in thermal contact with the target film.
  • an apparatus for curing a target film comprising: a chamber; one or more first radiation sources for primarily heating the target film within the chamber; one or more second radiation sources for primarily evaporating water from the target film; one or more extraction devices for extracting water vapour from the chamber; and a controller configured to control operation of one or more of (i) said one or more first radiation sources, (ii) said one or more second radiation sources, and (iii) said one or more extraction devices at least partly on the basis of one or more indicators of the concentration of water vapour at one or more locations within the chamber.
  • the controller is configured to control the operation of one or more of (i) said one or more first radiation sources, (ii) said one or second radiation sources, and (iii) said one or more extraction devices also on the basis of one or more indicators of the temperature of the surface of the target film at one or more locations within the chamber.
  • the controller is configured to operate the one or more second radiation sources at an emission spectrum characterised by a peak wavelength within the infrared range longer than the peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the one or more first radiation sources.
  • controlling operation of the one or more second radiation sources comprises switching between supplying and cutting power to the one or more second radiation sources.
  • controlling the one or more first radiation sources comprises controlling the distance of the one or more first radiation sources from the target film.
  • the controller is configured to trigger an alert in response to detecting that a rate of evaporation of water from the target film exceeds a predetermined upper threshold or is lower than a predetermined lower threshold.
  • the apparatus further comprises a conveyor for conveying the target film along a route through the chamber; said first and second radiation sources are located at a plurality of locations along the route; and wherein the apparatus further comprises heating radiation reflectors between said locations.
  • heating of the target film by radiation from the one or more first radiation sources occurs at least partly via absorption of radiation from the one or more first radiation sources by a substrate in thermal contact with the target film.
  • Figure 1 shows the arrangement of elements within the housing at one stage along the route of a target object through the oven - the same or similar arrangement of some or all of these same elements also exists within the housing at other stages (at different distances from the oven entrance) of the route of a target object through the oven.
  • the elements shown in Figure 1 comprise: a conveyor 4 to support and transport a target object comprising a wet water-based paint film 6 supported by a substrate 8 along a route through the oven from the oven entrance to the oven exit; short-wave IR lamps 10 (having an emission spectrum characterised by a peak wavelength in the range of about 0.75 to about 3 microns) moveable between at least proximal (P) and distal (D) positions relative to the target object; medium-wave IR lamps 11 having an emission spectrum characterised by a peak wavelength in the range of about 3 to about 8 microns; a humidity sensor 12 (one example of an absolute humidity sensor is a thermal hygrometer, which measures changes in the thermal conductivity of air).
  • a temperature sensor 13 one example of a temperature sensor is a remote-sensing thermometer such as a pyrometer or a radiometric thermometer which determines the temperature at the surface of the target object from the spectrum of the thermal radiation that it emits) to measure the temperature at the surface of the target object.
  • the curing apparatus also comprises extraction fans 14 on one or both sides of the conveyor 4 to remove gaseous material including water vapour from inside the curing chamber 2.
  • the short-wave IR lamps 10, medium-wave IR lamps 11 and extraction fans 14 at different stages along the route of the target object through the oven are independently controllable, such that e.g. medium-wave IR lamps 11 at one stage may be on while medium-wave IR lamps at one or more other stages may be off, and the same applies to the short-wave IR lamps 10 and the extraction fans 14.
  • the curing apparatus may also comprise infra-red reflectors between IR lamps 10, 11 at different stages, to better isolate IR lamps 10, 11 at one stage from IR lamps 10, 11 at adjacent stage(s) (i.e. to better avoid IR lamps 10, 11 at one stage heating the target object at another stage served by other IR lamps 10, 11), and thereby facilitate better independent control of the IR lamps 10, 11 at different stages.
  • the curing apparatus also includes a controller 16 configured to receive input signals from at least the humidity sensors 12 and the temperature sensors 13 at the plurality of stages and output control signals to control the following: supply power to the short-wave IR lamps 10; movement supply of power to the medium-wave IR lamps 11; and operation of the extraction fans 14.
  • the short-wave IR lamps 10 have an emission spectrum that is better suited than that of the medium-wave IR lamps 11 to penetration of radiation through the water-based paint film 6 and absorption by the substrate 8.
  • the medium-wave IR lamps 11 have an emission spectrum that is better suited than that of the short-wave IR lamps 10 to the evaporation of water from an outer surface portion of the water-based paint film 6.
  • a target object including an uncured water-based paint film 6 in thermal contact with a substrate 8 is placed on the conveyor 4 for transport through the oven.
  • the controller 16 monitors input signals from the humidity sensors 12 and temperature sensors 13 at different stages along the route (STEP 500 of Figure 5 ), and determines one or more operating parameters for the short-wave IR lamps, medium-wave IR lamps and extraction fans at the plurality of stages along the route to achieve the desired curing rate without causing excessive surface heating and surface defects (STEP 502 of Figure 5 ).
  • This cycle of feedback-based control is repeated throughout the passage of the target object through the oven to achieve good control of the curing process during the whole passage of the target object through the oven 2.
  • the controller operates the short-wave IR lamps 10 in the proximal position (P) relative to the conveyor 4, and supplies power to the medium-wave IR lamps 11 and the extraction fan(s) 14.
  • the controller 16 again operates the short-wave IR lamps 10 in the proximal position, but cuts the supply of power to the medium-wave IR lamps 11 and the extraction fan(s) 14.
  • the controller operates the short-wave IR lamps 10 in the distal position (D) and cuts the supply of power to the medium-wave IR lamps 11 and the extraction fans 14.
  • a relatively high concentration of water (high water content) in the water-based paint film 6 leads to a relatively high concentration of water vapour above the water-based paint film 6, which water vapour attenuates the radiation from the short-wave IR lamps 10, reducing the intensity of radiation absorbed by the substrate 8, and thereby reducing the heating of the water-based paint film 6 by the substrate 8.
  • the medium IR lamps 11 and extraction fan 14 can be operated (to increase the rate of water removal from the water-based paint film 6) and the short-wave IR lamps 10 can be operated in the proximal position, without any significant risk of excessive heating of the water-based paint film 6 by the short-wave IR lamps 10 and causing defects in the surface of the water-based paint film 6.
  • switching off the medium-wave IR lamps 11 and the extraction fan 9 reduces the rate of removal of water from the water-based paint film 6 and reduces the risk of excessive heating of the water-based paint film 6 by the short-wave IR lamps 10. Moving the short-wave IR lamps 10 from the proximal position to the distal position further reduces the risk of excessive heating of the water-based paint film 6 by the short-wave IR lamps 10.
  • the humidity sensors 12 may also be used to evaluate the performance of the system.
  • the controller 16 may be configured to trigger an alert if the humidity sensors indicate an excessively low or excessively high rate of evaporation of water from the target film.

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CN102806184A (zh) * 2011-06-01 2012-12-05 张家港市佳龙真空浸漆设备制造厂 静电喷漆的固化设备
US20140110390A1 (en) * 2012-10-19 2014-04-24 Nike, Inc. Energy Efficient Infrared Oven
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WO1998031474A1 (fr) * 1997-01-15 1998-07-23 Optimum Air Corporation Systeme et procede permettant de secher et de solidifier des revetements a base d'eau
US20020034594A1 (en) 2000-05-09 2002-03-21 Shiveley James Thomas Rapid efficient infrared curing of powder coatings/wet coatings and for ultraviolet curing of coatings as applied to labaoratory and production processing
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US20140110390A1 (en) * 2012-10-19 2014-04-24 Nike, Inc. Energy Efficient Infrared Oven
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