Woodworking Finishing Machinery Since 1999
Coating roller and doctor roller detail inside an INCRI roller coater
10 Articles

Knowledge Centre For Wood Finishing Equipment

Buying guides, process guides and troubleshooting notes written from the published machine data, for engineers specifying a finishing line.

Product Guide

What Is Inside An INCRI Roller Coating Machine

Frame, lifting device, coating roller and transmission: the four parts of a roller coater that decide whether film weight stays constant after two years of production.

Product Guide

Paint Circulation And Control On An INCRI Roller Coater

The stainless steel reflux tank, the heating bucket for UV paint and the electrical components that keep coating thickness constant through a shift.

Process Guide

How A Wire Brush Machine Works And What It Can Texture

Which products the machine suits, the working widths and thickness range, and what the disc brush swing device actually changes about the finished texture.

Process Guide

Inside An Automatic Reciprocating Paint Spraying Machine

Ventilation, structure, gun oscillating group, spraying group and operator panel: the five systems that make an automatic sprayer repeatable.

Buying Guide

How To Choose A Wide Belt Sander For A Finishing Line

Head count, working width and floating versus calibrating heads, using the published data for the IBSG series.

Comparison Article

Roller Coating Curtain Coating Or Spraying Which One Fits Your Panel

Three ways to put liquid coating on wood, what each one is actually good at, and the numbers that decide between them.

Design Guide

Floor Space And Power For A UV Coating Line

The working areas and minimum power supplies published for each INCRI line, and why the building is checked before the machines are quoted.

Material Guide

Why Wood Flooring Needs A Back Seal

Cupping starts underneath the board. What a back coating machine does, and what the published 80 percent figure actually means.

Buying Guide

Choosing A Vacuum Membrane Press For Door Fronts

Single, double or clamshell worktable, the vacuum and temperature figures that matter, and the film thickness range the press actually covers.

Troubleshooting Article

Common Wood Coating Defects And The Machine That Fixes Them

Nibs, orange peel, bubbles, burn through, sunken pores and lifted film, traced back to the stage in the line that caused them.

Still Deciding Which Machine You Need

An engineer will read your panel spec and coating system and tell you which machines actually apply, before you spend anything.