Infrared Dryers

Infrared Dryers

IR dryers are modern day industrial drying solutions. After painting a car or vehicle, you need to allocate some time for drying the car spray paint. Drying of automotive paint can be carried out in natural conditions (air drying). However, this process is very long and causes a lot of inconvenience. In order to speed up the drying process, professionals use special drying equipment. IR drying is based on the heating of the painted surface of car (parts) in a spray booth. Infrared drying allows to shorten the drying time.

Bodyshop Infrared IR Dryers

Shortwave infrared dryers are the perfect match for quick auto repair services and will increase the production capacity of any kind of workshop. Infrared dryers are way more effective to dry small areas, since they can heat directly the treated part in a few minutes.

Shortwave Technology

Infrared systems have 3 types of wavelength

• Short
• Medium
• Long

The difference between 3 types of waves is in the penetration through car paint layer, shortwave reaches higher penetration.

IR Technology vs. Air Drying

It is important to choose the right car paint curing lamp for your automotive business. There are a number of different car paint heat lamps to consider. You might choose to go with infrared technology over UV LED curing or vice versa, both of which have their own advantages and disadvantages.

UV LED Curing

The automotive coatings technology is continuously developing new fast cost-effective methods for automotive body and paint repair. Utilizing UV LED curing technology allows you to work faster and more efficiently as the curing time between each operation is reduced significantly. No heat is produced on the panel or car paint during curing. The flood light allows curing of plastic parts or any heat sensitive material. Sanding and polishing can be done immediately after the curing is completed.