Powder coating vs. ACC Autophoretic Coating

A. Hi, Anand. Autophoretic coatings offer the advantage of full coverage of consistent thickness despite deep recesses, no issues with Faraday cage effects, and probably lower paint cost due to much thinner coatings. But powder would be much more esthetically appealing and more versatile, and probably more corrosion resistant in most applications.

To my knowledge Henkel is the only company offering Autophoretic coatings, so you can ask them for this comparison, while also asking a supplier of powder coatings to present the opposite case. Good luck.

Regards,

A. Hi, Ashraf. You can get a cost comparison from Henkel. However, for balance you might talk to a powder coating proponent like Tiger Drylac.

Bear in mind that the reason both approaches are popular is that the details of your situation will matter a great deal. The technology that is the least expensive for one particular type of part and production volume might be the more expensive for another situation. If you can describe your needs then someone may be able to offer pointers.

Good luck.

Regards,

A. Hello
It will be much more accurate when you apply the comparison parameters in your actual case,
Comparison Parameters like
- Price/Kg
- Price/Litre
- Wt. solids as supplied
- Vol. Solids as supplied %
- price for 100% Vol. Solids
- Dry film thickness. (Microns)
- Theor. cov. vol. solids/m²
- Process Efficiency * as %.
- Coverage m² after Efficiency
- Paint costs per m²
- Pretreatment/cleaning costs per m²
- Additives
- Net Plant Cost
- 2 processed per year
- Capital repayment (Amort. 5 year)
- Annual interest repayment (@10%)
- Total annual plant costs
- Plant costs m²
- Electricity costs/m²
- Stoving schedule 20 Minutes.
- Effect. temp rise. (Amb. =20 °C)
- Oven heating costs per m²
- Afterburner costs per m²
- Maintenance per year
- Maintenance per m²
- Touch up manpower/yr
- Touch up manpower/m²

Total cost per m² =