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Cold Painting — Technician Levels

Cold Painting — Technician Levels

Pick your level to see exactly which pages you should read. Each level below carries its own article library.

Cold Painting: which level are you?Four levels - the work you do on this equipment, and the pages you should read.air-dry cell + spray canJunior1-3 yearsair-dry cell + spray canIntermediate3-5 yearsair-dry cell + spray canSenior5-8 yearsair-dry cell + spray canManagementsupervisor / owner

Process route: Clean & Load → Cold Spray → Air Dry → Cure / Set → Pack

30-60 um
Film
24 h
Full cure
none
Bake energy

What each level covers

Junior · 1-3 years
Start here if you are 1-3 years in: the standard steps, the daily checks and the values you must not skip.
Inside: 5-step flow walk-through · daily check list · basic parameter values · simple do / do-not rules
Cold Painting → Junior pages
Intermediate · 3-5 years
For 3-5 years: diagnose defects, read real data (titration, hull cell, salt spray, film gauge) and set the working windows.
Inside: defect cause & cure · parameter windows · data reading · option comparisons
Cold Painting → Intermediate pages
Senior · 5-8 years
For 5-8 years: how the steps before and after this one change your result - root cause, cross-process reasoning, deep analysis.
Inside: root-cause tracing · interaction with pre-treatment / post-finish · failure analysis · boundary conditions
Cold Painting → Senior pages
Management · supervisor / owner
For the supervisor / owner: cost per piece, capacity, staffing, emergency recovery and keeping customers happy.
Inside: cost & payback models · capacity and staffing · KPI and governance · claims & recovery plans
Cold Painting → Management pages

Cold Painting on the shop floor

Cold Painting CellINTERMEDIATECold Painting - process boardOperatorAir 3-5 bar in thin passes - one heavy coat never driesevenly.ChemistHumidity under 70%; above that the film stays soft fordays.QCTouch-dry in 15-30 min, full cure 24 h - do not stackthe parts early.ManagerNo oven means the energy saving is your selling point -quote it.STEP 1Clean & LoadWipe cleanFixtureBatch tag1STEP 2Cold SprayAir 3-5 barFilm 30-60 umRT cure2STEP 3Air Dry15-30 minDust freeAir change3STEP 4Cure / Set24 h full cure25-30 CHumidity < 70%4STEP 5PackTack checkStack limitLabel batch5!Below 15 C on the shop floor the cure time doubles - plan the space.COMMON MISTAKES vs WHAT WORKSfrom shop-floor auditsxOne heavy coat to save timevThin passes at 3-5 barxStack parts after 30 minutesvFull cure 24 h, humidity under 70%xPaint in a cold shop in wintervKeep 25-30 C or the cure time doubles30-60 umFilm24 hFull curenoneBake energyCASE FROM THE LINECase: tacky parts in winter traced to a 13 C spray area instead of 25 C.QLQ Surface Treatment | steps, roles, checkpoints, mistakes and a real case

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