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The Hidden Cost of Poor Grounding: Why Your Powder Coating Line Is Wasting More Powder Than You Think

Every powder coating operation deals with waste. Overspray gets reclaimed, rejects get stripped and rerun, and everyone accepts a certain percentage of loss as simply “part of the business.” But here’s what most shop managers don’t realize: the single biggest source of powder waste isn’t poor gun technique, outdated equipment, or even operator error. It’s grounding. And it’s costing you far more than you probably realize. Let me walk you through what I’ve learned after watching dozens of coating linesRead More …