The Chemical Coaters Association International and Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) are teaming up with host company AR Iron to provide a comprehensive training course for powder coating professionals.

The “Introduction to Powder Coating and Curing Processes” seminar will be September 20-21 in Henderson, Nevada near Las Vegas.

This hands-on training seminar provides comprehensive instruction and interactive demonstrations on powder coating and infrared curing. This format allows attendees to get applied knowledge of the technologies they are learning in the classroom as well as have the chance to powder coat and cure a part to take home with them.

The registration fee is $350 for CCAI members and $450 for non-members. The fee includes classroom training, hands-on lab demonstrations, breakfast both days, refreshments breaks, lunch on day one, evening networking reception, certificate of completion, a copy of CCAI's Powder Coating for Industrial Applications Training Manual and a copy of IHEA's Infrared Process Heating Handbook for Industrial Applications.

The day and a half introduction to Powder Coating and Curing Processes Seminar will include classroom instruction and hands-on lab demonstrations.

The classroom content will cover the following topics:

  • What is Powder Coating?
  • Powder Coating Materials
  • Cleaning and Pretreatment of Parts
  • Moving Parts Through the Process
  • Removal and Rework – hook and rack cleaning, transfer efficiency, reject stripping
  • Curing Powder Coatings – Convection, Infrared, Gas Catalytic
  • Test Methods for Performance
  • Running an Efficient System

Visit https://www.ccaiweb.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=PCCSept22 to register.