Encore® Porcelain Enamel (PE)

The Encore® PE manual and automatic powder spray guns* for applying porcelain-enamel powder incorporate the proven industry-leading designs and application performance of their predecessor – Versa-Spray® PE guns. However, with many design enhancements, Encore PE guns take operating efficiency and coating performance to an even higher level.

Both the Encore PE automatic and manual guns feature a 100 kV voltage multiplier, assuring maximum first-pass transfer efficiency. For the Encore PE manual gun, this is a significant increase compared to previous-generation guns.

A new, positively retained deflector and locking pattern adjustment sleeve ensures consistent, repeatable spray performance. The addition of electrode air wash in the Encore design helps keep the gun charging electrode clean. This maintains maximum electrostatic charging efficiency. It also helps prevent agglomerated powder from disturbing the spray pattern or dislodging and inadvertently being applied to the part, causing possible surface finish defects.

Features and benefits

1. Builds upon and enhances the proven industry- leading designs and application performance of their predecessor – Versa-Spray® PE guns
2. A 100 kV voltage multiplier assures maximum first-pass transfer efficiency
3. A new, positively retained deflector and locking pattern adjustment sleeve ensure consistent, repeatable spray performance.
4. New electrode air wash keeps the gun charging electrode clean, maximizing electrostatic charging efficiency and preventing surface finish defects.
5. Adjustable mounting bracket enables automatic gun positioning from 90-degrees up (from parallel to gun bar) to 90-degrees down, to efficiently coat the tops and bottoms of parts.
6. The Encore PE pump delivers up to 30 percent more powder at comparable compressed air settings
7. Commonality of parts between the Encore auto and manual guns assures consistency when switching operations and minimizes inventory.

Specially engineered materials

The powder-contact parts for the Encore PE guns and pump are made of engineered materials specially designed for porcelain-enamel powder to maximize spray performance and wear life.

Easy maintenance, field repairable design

The Encore guns and pump are easy to disassemble for routine cleaning and maintenance. They are also completely field repairable.

Commonality of parts

The Encore PE manual and automatic guns share the same nozzles, pattern adjuster sleeve and voltage multiplier, assuring consistency from manual to automatic coating operations. Parts commonality also helps minimize replacement parts inventory.

Encore® PE pump

As with the Encore PE guns, the Encore PE pump builds upon proven prior-generation technology for porcelain-enamel powder, with improved design for increased operating efficiency. Compared to its predecessor, the Nordson 100 Plus PE pump, the new Encore pump delivers up to 30 percent more powder at comparable compressed air settings – or comparable output at significantly reduced settings. In typical high-gun-count porcelain-enamel powder coating operations, this improved efficiency translates to substantial savings in compressed air consumption.

Wins 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Award

Nordson Encore® PE Powder Spray Guns wins 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Award. The awards ceremony was held at the Shanghai Marriot Hotel Parkview on May 9, 2014, as the highlight of the 2014 China Coatings Summit. Coatings and Ink China – the leading market magazine published by Ringier Trade Media – announced the winners of the 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Coatings Industry. Twenty-five winning companies featured their innovative products and technologies across seven categories: Resins, Pigments, Additives, Machinery and Equipment, Green Coatings, Emulsions, and Technology. The Encore PE powder spray gun system was the only winner from coating equipment category.

“We sincerely appreciate the recognition for our system from the judging panel, and I also would like to express my sincere gratitude to the R&D team from Nordson for their continuous effort on industrial coating technology innovation,” said Roy Dong, Nordson China Industrial Coating Systems Group general manager, who accepted the awards on behalf of Nordson. “As a leader in the coating industry, Nordson will continue our efforts to improve technology innovation and improvement, with the goal of providing the best coating solution to our customers.”