Chemcoaters Upgrades Coating Line with New Electrostatic Oiler

Chemcoaters, a steel-coil coater based in Gary, IN, has commissioned and installed a new electrostatic oiler upgrade to better serve local steel mills, service centers and end users. The new oiler uses a high-voltage electric current to turn oils into fine particles, resulting in a more controllable, even application.

“In most cases it’s fine to have a heavier oil coating on a metal strip, but we’ve found that heavier coatings can make some manufacturing processes more difficult, if not impossible,” says Rylee Zegley, sales and marketing manager at Chemcoaters. “This new oiler will allow us to easily accommodate requests from OEMs who can’t handle such heavy oil coatings in their production process.”

Chemcoaters has tested and verified that the new oiler, purchased from GFG Peabody, can control coating weight to 30 mg/ft.², less than half the weight of its standard coating.

See also: Chemcoaters LLC

Technologies: Finishing, Materials

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