Maintaining your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is an important part of keeping up your home or facility. Regular maintenance keeps an HVAC system humming along for a very long time. However, it’s sometimes a good idea to go a step further, making adjustments that enhance performance and sustain the parts and equipment that help the HVAC system do its duty. One innovative solution is to introduce powder coating to your system. So what is the impact of powder coating on HVAC system performance? Here are a few insights.
Powder Coating: An Introduction
Powder coating is a process that adds a colored powder to a surface. The manufacturer sprays the powder onto the surface. It adheres through an electrostatic process and then undergoes curing through a heating process. This creates a strong, tough, and attractive finish that resists rust, corrosion, UV rays, impacts, chipping, peeling, and more. While multiple surfaces benefit from powder coating, it’s especially beneficial for metal ones and lasts longer than paint and other processes.
HVAC Applications
That’s all well and good, but how does powder coating help HVAC systems? Here are a few benefits to treating your HVAC equipment with a powder coating.
Durability and Longevity
As mentioned, powder coatings are tough and durable. When HVAC equipment and components receive powder coating treatment, especially when they’re outdoors, the coating helps them resist rust, moisture infiltration, high and low temperatures, and wear and tear. That translates into fewer repairs and no need to replace larger parts any sooner than necessary. And that means bigger savings and no time lost to repairs and shutdowns.
Better Energy Efficiency
Powder-coated equipment and parts operate better because they resist damage, allowing them to operate with greater functionality and integrity. These relieve strain on the device, helping it work more efficiently and keeping utility bills down by reducing electricity consumption.
Removing Eyesores
Utilities that require featureless covers, wires and pipes, and other industrial attachments are—let’s face it—not very attractive. Unnecessary ornamentation or obstacles that prevent HVAC and other systems from performing their duties should never impede function. Powder coating is a pleasant and accommodating alternative. While granting a smooth and uniform finish in any number of colors and finishes, powder coating enhances the curb appeal of condensers, compressors, and other parts that might otherwise be a boring gray. Raise your property’s value with powder coating.
Eco-Friendliness
Compared with paints that release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other unhealthy chemicals into the air and surrounding environment, powder coating is environmentally gentler. It produces less waste than paint or other processes, and unused powder is easy to collect and reuse after application, further reducing waste.
That’s the impact of powder coating on HVAC system performance. Contact us for a consultation on how powder coating might help your HAVC system work at peak capacity for far longer. We’re powder coating experts. We can provide you with everything from custom powder coating masking services to other treatments and processes.