BRAND-NEW
Encore nLighten LED Kit from Nordson – for continuous Quality Control during the Coating Process
T
he new Encore nLighten LED Kit
every operator the power to both spray and
projects a powerful LED beam from
inspect, reducing the need for post-coating
the manual spray gun onto the surface
quality checks. • Improve safety
being coated. Even in darkened working
Using un-rated potential ignition sources
environments, it facilitates uniform coating © Nordson
and enables the operator to reliably monitor surface quality already during application (Fig. 1). With 42% of customers surveyed claiming light paint coverage as their biggest cause for rejects and rework (Fig. 2). Especially under poor visibility conditions, even experienced coating
in airborne dust cloud environments is a Figure 1: Bringing light into the darkness – the Encore nLighten LED kit was developed for high quality assurance.
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dangerous combination. Rated for use in all powder coating environments, you can trust the Encore nLighten LED kit to provide safe, reliable illumination in hazardous areas.
Easy to retrofit on all Encore manual spray guns
operators often fail to coat their workpieces uniformly. This usually results in rework and
simple LED unit effectively highlights deep
The nLighten LED kit mounts on the Nordson
raises reject rates.
recesses and cavities. Any imperfections
Encore manual spray gun in just five simple
The new Encore nLighten LED mounts easily
or missed areas are quickly identified and
steps.
to any Encore manual spray gun. It turns on
addressed by the operator on the fly.
Nordson’s Encore spray gun range is already
automatically with the start of the spraying
• Reduced material waste
the best performing and most respected in
operation and remains on for an additional
In dark or dusty working environments,
the powder coating world, with many operator
15 seconds after spraying stops, becoming
many operators ‘spray and pray’ due to poor
benefits. With the addition of the Encore
brighter for even more precise quality control
visibility. Optimum light levels enable precisely
nLighten LED Kit, users can add powerful, safe,
(Fig. 3).
targeted powder application to reduce waste
lightweight, and controllable illumination to its
and save on material costs.
impressive list of capabilities.
Using the Encoe nLighten LED Kit, powder
• Increased efficiency
coaters benefit from: • Reduced or eliminated rejects or rework
For further information:
application and inspection tool, that gives
www.nordsoncoating.com/nlighten
Figure 2: Encore nLighten LED kit – light off. A typical working environment without lighting.
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Encore nLighten LED is an all-in-one
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The powerful light beam projected from the
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Figure 3: Focused light beam for easy inspection during and after spraying.