An IR oven for dry-off, preheating, flashing, gelling (powder), and complete curing of your coating application often can save time, rework and energy. Inherently, this will lead to greater efficiencies and increased profits. Other times, however, a stand-alone IR system cannot achieve desired results due to the product geometry, mix of product in the oven, or the method in which the parts are presented in the oven. If these reasons have prevented you from using IR, then you might consider an IR booster oven in front of your convection oven, inside the convection oven, or even after the convection oven.
An IR booster oven in combination with the traditional convection oven can create significant savings, and surprisingly excellent results. Benefits normally realized with total IR systems also can be realized with a booster add-on. There are several advantages to using an IR booster.