AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYERS
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30:1 AIRLESS SPRAY PUMP
SX AIRLESS SPRAY PUMP SERIES
STORM KING AIRLESS SERIES
TRITECH T360 GUN
TRITECH T720 GUN
CONTRACTORS AIRLESS SPRAY TIP
A3 ELECTRIC SPRAY PUMP
EP270 ELECTRIC SPRAY PUMP
EP450 ELECTRIC SPRAY PUMP
TRITECH T4
TRITECH T7
TRITECH T9
SM9800E ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC SPRAY PUMP
SM9600 DIESEL HYDRAULIC SPRAY PUMP
SM9800 PETROL HYDRAULIC PUMP
ABOUR OUR AIRLESS SPRAY PUMPS
Storm Machinery supplies a vast range of high-quality airless spray pumps that are suitable for spraying medium to high viscosity, industrial coatings. Based in South Africa, our range of airless paint pumps guarantee performance, reliability and durability.
ADVANTAGES OF AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYERS
An airless paint sprayer offers multiple advantages for all aspects of a demanding coating application.
- Airless paint machines are mobile and are easily transported between job sites. This makes them ideal for both outdoor and indoor projects.
- Pneumatic sprayers are robust and durable. New models have dynamic air motors and anti-freeze designs.
- Airless sprayers offer a 60 to 90% higher transfer efficiency than conventional spray. This limits overspray and helps save money on costly paint.
- Pneumatic machines spray a thicker coat of material with each single pass. This speeds up the spray application resulting in less labour and faster production lines.
- When used by skilled operators, airless sprayers produce an even coat of paint on all types of surfaces, leaving a high quality finish.
- An airless sprayer is fast! It is able to spray up to half a square meter per second (depending on the spray tip size).
- No solvents needed! Spray paint directly out of the tin with no need for solvents.
PAINT DATA SHEETS
We cannot stress the importance of paint data sheets enough. Please ensure that you are familiar with your paint product data sheet when selecting any airless spray equipment. Correct equipment selection prevents costly down-time and paint wastage. Please ask our sales team for help should any confusion arise. Before spraying you should be familiar with the following:
- The volume solids for wet dry thickness (WFT)
- Know the paint’s viscosity (the ability of paint to flow in a hose)
- Know the paint’s pot life / gel time. From a practical perspective, you will half the pot life with every 5 degrees (Celsius) then the spec on the paint data sheet. For instance, if a paint’s pot life is 1 hour at 20 degrees, the pot life will shorten to 30 minutes if the temperature increases to 25 degrees.
HOW DOES IT WORK WORK?
Airless pumps operate on an airless principle and use pressure, instead of air, to atomize paint.
Airless paint sprayers can only spray coatings that will atomize into droplets of uniform size. This must be without the added force of compressed air. Certain mastics, vinyls and chlorinated rubber coatings cannot atomize evenly when using airless spray systems. Airless setups require compressors and are usually recommended for industrial applications.
Airless pumps are pneumatically, electrically, petrol or diesel driven.
APPLICATIONS FOR AIRLESS SPRAY PUMPS
Airless spray machines are designed to spray a wide variety of paints and coatings. Coatings range from from water-based paints, acrylics and epoxies to fireproofing and corrosion protection paints.
Airless paint sprayers are ideal for heavy duty industrial coatings and large-scale projects. Applications including steel structures, ship maintenance, and roofing.
PUMP RATIO
We describe pneumatic pump ratio as the relationship between the effective area of the air piston and the effective area of the pump’s fluid piston.
When a pump ratio is 1:1, the pressure applied at the motor will develop the same amount of fluid pressure when the fluid outlet is closed.
The pump ratio changes when the same size air motor is used with different size fluid piston pumps.
Size your airless pump correctly to supply the required flow rate to one or multiple guns. If it is not, adequate atomisation will not take place. Guns need 80 – 150 bar fluid pressure to atomize. Please keep in mind that the coatings volume solids and viscosity affects the pressure.
SAFETY & TRAINING FOR AIRLESS SPRAY MACHINES
An airless paint sprayer and airless spray guns should only be handed by trained personnel. Because of the high pressure of these machines projects should be approached with caution. Put sufficient safety measures in place when operating these units. Additionally, please ensure that your operator makes use of the correct PPE.
Before using an spray pump please ensure that you are familiar with the paint product you are using. The material itself
is the primary hazard when painting. Painting may expose you potentially dangerous chemicals which may damage your health
Sprayer paint technique is essential for achieving the correct finish. Incorrect application of paint products can result in costly coating failures and project delays. Storm Machinery offers OEM training for spray units purchased directly from any of our branches.
Storm Machinery is an authorised distributor for TriTech Industries.
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS
Storm Machinery services and repairs all equipment we sell. Please contact our sales team for more information
AIRLESS SPRAY GUNS
Storm Machinery offers a range of TriTech airless spray guns along with a range of KL airless guns. The type of coating you are spraying determines the airless paint gun and airless spray tip size. Generally, we recommend the TriTech range for high viscosity paints and the KL air spray guns for more generalised coatings.