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Customer Success Stories In today's competitive climate it is extremely important for anyone applying a powder coating to adhere to required thickness specifications. Monitoring the thick- ness of the powder coating can potentially save tens of thousands of dollars in costs. FISCHER's non-destruc- tive hand held coating thickness gauges and high preci- sion probes with superior repeatability and precision surpass these requirements. Likewise, utilizing certified foils to adjust and verify gauge accuracy (included with the scope of supply for FISCHER probes) will provide the trueness necessary to monitor and adjust a powder coating line properly. Fischer Technology now offers ISO 17025 certifications on a variety of instruments and standards (https://www.a2la.org/scopepdf/3576-01.pdf). Also, because powder coating is applied to such diverse parts, selecting the most appropriate instrument and probe is very important. FISCHER offers a wide selec- tion of instruments and probes starting with small, handy and robust DUALSCOPE® MP0 and MP0R pocket instruments up to the flexible FMP family with numerous interchangeable high precision probes for the most demanding measurement tasks. Contact us today, we would be happy to assist you in selecting the instrument and probe best suited for your measurement application. Fischer Technology Tel: 866-683-0781 E-mail: info@fischer-technology.com Web: www.fischer-technology.com Fischer Technology is based in Windsor, CT with sales offices across North America including Burlingame, CA; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX and Querétaro, Mexico. Measuring Powder Coating Thickness Fischer Technology Special Advertising Section POWDER COATING, October 2018 43 Echo Engineering Preventing Plug Blowouts With Cross-Vent Plugs Problem: An original equipment manufacturer in agriculture was experiencing plugs blowing out during their vigorous heat process in the oven and during powder coating. Their existing masking solu- tion wasn't working, and resulted in loss of money and time because the masking plugs were being left on the oven floor from these blowouts. Echo stepped in to help design an efficient solution that would work for their process. Solution: From Echo's experience, designing plugs with vents is one of the best solutions to solve plug blowouts. Echo worked closely with the manufac- turer to design a product that met all of their needs. The first few designs weren't as sufficient as hoped because the vents were becoming clogged with shot and powder coating during the process. Echo rede- signed the plug with a vent covered by silicone to keep the integrity of the vent while still allowing air to escape. This solution was very successful for the customer and drastically reduced the number of plug blowouts. Benefits: Because Echo was able to design a cross- vented plug that reduced the number of blowouts, the manufacturer was no longer experiencing wasted plugs sitting on the bottom of their oven, and overall, saved them time and money. Echo is dedi- cated to finding long-lasting masking solutions that work specifically for the individual customer as well as seeing a project through. For more information, please visit www.echosupply. com or get in touch with our industry experts at 888- echo-365.