Manufacturing and processing: Digital job cards for powder coaters
Digital job cards for powder coaters: one card per order with pretreatment, masking, colour and curing instructions, plus feedback on film thickness and defects.
What a job card for powder coaters should hold.
A powder coater works with paper job cards that travel with the parts: from goods-in to blasting, to hanging, to the booth and the oven. Along the way they get greasy, torn or end up on the wrong rack. The card shows the colour, but not always which hole needs masking, whether a primer goes underneath or which curing time suits this particular powder. The sprayer calls the office or relies on memory. Film thickness is measured after the oven, but the reading ends up on a scrap of paper or nowhere at all. When a complaint comes in months later, there is no way to trace what happened to that part.
Digital job cards for powder coaters
Example- 1
A card with instructions
DoneWhen an order is released, a job card is created with pretreatment, masking with a photo, colour with batch, coating build and the curing conditions of the powder used.
- 2
Sign off steps on the floor
In progressWhoever blasts, masks, sprays or runs the oven signs off their step on a tablet or scanner.
- 3
Inspection before collection
NextAfter curing, film thickness, appearance and adhesion where needed are checked and entered on the card.
From preparation to signed-off card.
A card with instructions
When an order is released, a job card is created with pretreatment, masking with a photo, colour with batch, coating build and the curing conditions of the powder used. A coded label hangs on the rack, so anyone on the floor opens the card that belongs to those parts rather than guessing.
Sign off steps on the floor
Whoever blasts, masks, sprays or runs the oven signs off their step on a tablet or scanner. Defects such as a casting that has not degassed, a forgotten plug or a mark after curing are recorded with a photo. The next step sees straight away what is going on with the parts in front of them.
Inspection before collection
After curing, film thickness, appearance and adhesion where needed are checked and entered on the card. Only once that inspection is signed off does the order move to ready for collection. A part that needs rework gets a new step rather than a note scribbled in the margin.
No more paper and loose photos.
Job cards are currently often printed from an order system or written by hand. We use the order data that already exists and add the instructions the shop floor needs. If the film thickness gauge sends readings, they land straight on the job card; otherwise the inspector types in the value. The office owns the order, the shop floor owns the execution and the readings. Once finished, everything can be found with the order.
A tablet at every step or one sign-off point
A tablet at pretreatment, the booth and the oven gives the most precise picture, but requires discipline and devices that can cope with dust and powder. A single sign-off point at the oven is simpler, but misses where work stood still. Start where most questions arise and expand once it works.
Record every reading or sample
Measuring film thickness on every part takes time and generates a lot of data. A sample per batch is often enough, as long as the batch is identifiable. For architectural work or customers with strict requirements you will want readings per part. Record per customer or order which approach applies.
Rework as a new order or as a step
A part that has to be redone can be entered as a new order or as a rework step within the same order. A new order keeps the original tidy but loses the connection. A rework step keeps the history together and shows later how often an order had to go back into the booth.
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Read the storyWhat goes on the job card.
From the start, each order has a digital job card with instructions, sign-off at the oven and final inspection with film thickness. Before the floor uses it, we walk through an ordinary run in a standard colour together, and a casting that shows pinholes after the oven and has to go back. If inspection works in both cases, it goes live. Sign-off at pretreatment and masking, and readings straight from the thickness gauge, you switch on afterwards.
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Explore pricing and optionsWill a tablet survive an environment with powder and heat?
A tablet in a protective case near the oven, or in a cabinet next to the booth, works fine in practice. Anyone who prefers not to use a screen can scan a code and choose from fixed sign-off buttons. We look together at where the device is best placed.
Can the sprayer see which powder batch to use?
Yes. Next to the colour on the job card is the batch that has been reserved. If they use a different box, they scan or select that batch. That way, if there is a colour complaint later, you can trace which batch the powder came from.
What if a part has lost its label?
Then you look up the order by customer name, colour or date and attach a new label. That happens more often with small parts in a tub. The job card stays the same; only the label is replaced, so the history is not lost.
Do we have to show readings to customers?
That is your call. Some trade customers ask for an inspection report on delivery. The data is already stored with the order and can be handed over as a summary. For private customers it is usually unnecessary, but the readings are there if a question ever comes up.
What often connects to this.
- Quotation software for powder coatersQuotation software for powder coaters that brings surface area, pretreatment, masking and colour choice into one calculation, with the assumptions visible to the customer.
- Scheduling software for powder coatersScheduling software for powder coaters that plans oven space, hanging racks and colour batches together, so colour changes are grouped and rush jobs do not derail the whole day.
- Customer portal for powder coatersA customer portal for powder coaters where trade customers can find colour agreements, test panels, order status and collection times without having to call or email.
Job cards that come back complete.
Start with a short intake. Then we schedule a call to show the software with your services, team and way of working.
WhatsAppinfo@vorlyo.com Digital job cards for powder coaters: coating instructions, masking and colour on one card, with film thickness, inspection and rework recorded.
- A card with instructions
- Sign off steps on the floor
- Inspection before collection