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DeVilbiss Automotive Refinishing is an American manufacturer of spray guns, airbrushes, and related products for paint and lacquer coating applications. The company was founded in 1907 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, US.
The main company was founded in 1984. In 1999 Devilbiss Air Power Co. was acquired by Pentair. [1] Pentair sold the company to Black & Decker in 2004. [2] [3] Following the 2010 merger of Stanley Works and Black and Decker, the new Stanley Black & Decker sold DeVilbiss Air Power to MAT Holdings on March 31, 2011. [4]
The fluid pressure is provided by an airless pump, which allows much heavier materials to be sprayed than is possible with an air spray gun. Compressed air is introduced into the spray via an air nozzle (sometimes called air cap) similar to a standard conventional spray gun. The addition of compressed air improves the fineness of atomization.
With commercial spray guns for automobiles, it is vital that the painter have a clean air source to breathe, because automotive paint is far more harmful to the lungs than acrylic. Certain spray guns, called High-Volume Low-Pressure (HVLP) spray guns, are designed to deliver the same high volumes of paint without requiring such high pressures.
In this case, a texture paint is generally applied with a spray gun. The texture is then painted over with the appropriate color. When painting walls, orange peel can also develop by using a roller with too little paint or too thick a paint and the surface dries before the texture can level.
It was first invented in 1955 by H.B. Sargent, R.M. Poorman and H. Lamprey and is applied to a component using a specifically designed detonation gun (D-gun). The component being sprayed must be prepared correctly by removing all surface oils, greases, debris and roughing up the surface in order to achieve a strongly bonded detonation spray ...
DeVilbiss may refer to: DeVilbiss Automotive Refinishing DeVilbiss High School (Toledo, Ohio) , American high school which existed 1931–1991, full name Thomas A. DeVilbiss High School
Diagram of spray-up process. Spray-Up also known as chop method of creating fiberglass objects by spraying short strands of glass out of a pneumatic gun. This method is used often when one side of the finished product is not seen, or when large quantities of a product must be made cheaply and quickly with moderate strength requirements. [1]