- Portable
- Efficient
- Suitable for a wide range of uses
- Suitable for on-site applications
- Suitable for applications on large structures either fixed or hard to disassemble
- Suitable for Repair and Touch-Up
Working Progress:
Corrosion protection cycle through thermal thermoplastic coating powder spraying (flame spray).
Pre-treatment; pre-heating; application of the thermal powder; cooling in the air.
Application Advantages:
- It can be used on virtually all kinds of materials: steel, metal, concrete, fibreglass, plastics, wood, cardboard, anti-slip applications.
- It can apply several thermoplastic coating powders: Thermoplastic coating powders PolyHotCote®, Nylon (polyammide), Polypropylene, Other Polymer Alloys in general (please contact Appletec/Epsi UK Limited for further information).
- Single coat application system: direct application of the thermoplastic coating to the previously pre-treated (recommended treatment: sand blasting) and pre-heated substrate by means of the GLADIATOR gun and/or an additional torch.
- Non-toxic and environmentally friendly: no solvents, no VOC's, no TIGC's, no plasticisers, no halogens, no isocyanates and no heavy metals.
- Immediate use of the coated item (no downtime).
- Easy Repair and Touch-Up of the coating by simply remelting the powder on the surface to repair or to increase the thickness.
- Coating life: much longer than traditional coating systems, thus allowing huge savings on maintenance: with the GLADIATOR OmniCoater it is possible to transfer the quality performance results of corrosion control with the thermoplastic coating powders to corrosion control applications on-site and on large structures.
- Application is independent of weather conditions.
Technical Features:
- Portable: sturdy structure on wheels with carrying handle.
- Compact size: L48cm x W35cm x H80cm
- Length of the air-propane-powder mixture supply hoses: up to 9m.
- Machine supply: compressed air (min. 6 bars) propane (in a bottle-2 bars).
- Air flow regulation.
- Powder regulation.
- Vibrator placed on the hopper in order to make powder release from the hopper walls easier.
- Service air gun.
- Belt mounted control plate with easy fitting coupling-uncoupling facility for gun change over.
Accessories:
- High flow rate applicator gun (larger-sized compared with the standard gun).
- Super heater, particularly useful in case of coating of large-sized structures or of thick metal items, in particular in association with the high flow gun.
- Infrared pyrometer to check the pre-heat temperature and to monitor the process temperature.
Coating Speed:
- Standard gun: up to 10 sq. m per hour at 200-250 microns.
- High Flow Applicator Gun: up to 24-30 sq. m per hour at 200-250 microns.
Powder Consumption:
- 1kg = 4 sq. m at 250µ approx. (this data refers to the PolyHotCote® Thermoplastic Powder).
Typical uses and applications:
- Application on-site on large structures hard to disassemble (restoration works, maintenance and thermoplastic coating on uncoated items).
- Repair works, at the factory or on-site, on items coated with thermoplastic powders through traditional systems (Electrostatic or Fluidised Bed).
- Application at the factory on large structures, whose coating would require too large an oven and/or tank.
Outstanding properties:
- Environmentally-safe and non-toxic.
- Excellent impact and abrasion resistance thanks to its excellent elongation properties.
- Excellent adhesion (no primer needed).
- Superb UV resistance.
- Easy repair and touch-up.
- Quick turnaround: the coating can be applied in a single coat and is servicable in a few minutes.
- Good release: thermoplastic coating powders have a "Slippery" surface, which allows materials like snow, wet grass, salt and earth to easily release from coated surfaces.
- Cathodic Protection and electric insulation.
- Good chemical reisistance.
