Howard Jones
Supporter
I have a question on powdercoating. I am told that the process involves baking the aluminum part at a rather moderate temp of a few hundred degrees. If this is correct does that sort of temp cause any strength issues with heat treated aluminum.
The reason I ask is I seam to remember that a treated aluminum such as T6 will "go soft" at something like 400F. I would hate to see some one's wonderful RCR MONO AFUed by a power coater who didn't understand the issue.
If I am wrong about this, then fine, I am sure that someone who has real engineering knowledge will quickly chime in on this. Just that I have wondered about power coating aluminum wheels and damaging them with too much heat.
How much is too much as it relates to this issue? What questions should we ask the powdercoater when we drop off parts. I would think that I would want to know the max temp of the oven and how accurate his temp controls are at least. What else?
The reason I ask is I seam to remember that a treated aluminum such as T6 will "go soft" at something like 400F. I would hate to see some one's wonderful RCR MONO AFUed by a power coater who didn't understand the issue.
If I am wrong about this, then fine, I am sure that someone who has real engineering knowledge will quickly chime in on this. Just that I have wondered about power coating aluminum wheels and damaging them with too much heat.
How much is too much as it relates to this issue? What questions should we ask the powdercoater when we drop off parts. I would think that I would want to know the max temp of the oven and how accurate his temp controls are at least. What else?