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If you’re having
issues with your
standard silicone
ExPAnDAbLE CAPS
These are some of the more highly caps popping off
engineered masks that powder coaters during powder
and e-coaters will come across. coating, one quick
Expand caps/plugs combine high- solution is making a
temperature resistant plastic with very small slit or
silicone rubber in a way that expands
when the handle is pulled down in poking a hole in the
order to seal the metal from having top of the cap.
any e-coat leak in, while also prevent-
ing it from popping off.
While this does make them a more upon itself while you apply powder
expensive option, it’s more than worth to your part, while also giving it the
the price due to the cost savings from ability to release pressure as it goes
minimal installation and removal times through the baking process.
and a decrease in rejection rate. Caps and plugs do pop out, so
Expandable cap that grips onto tube as the you’re definitely not alone. Luckily,
QuICk FIx SOLuTIOn lever is pressed down, resulting in expansion there are options such as vented
FOR CAPS of the cap’s internal area. plugs, even for larger-scale coaters.
If you’re having issues with your stan- tential cap blowouts. There are plenty of different designs
dard silicone caps popping off during Won’t this result in powder getting you can explore using, each with its
powder coating, one quick solution is in? If you poke a large hole, then own pros and cons. n
making a very small slit or poking a yes. But, the nice part about using
hole in the top of the cap. This will al- rubber is that a small enough hole Lee Lechner is Digital Marketing Specialist,
low pressure to escape, preventing po- will result in the rubber still closing Echo Engineering.

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