Woodworker's Journal 2011-35-Winter, страница 63

Woodworker

Fluid regulator

What Is Transfer Efficiency?

Transfer efficiency measures what percentage of the finish actually ends up on the furniture. A standard high pressure spray gun has a 25 percent transfer efficiency. That means one quarter of what you put into the cup of the gun ends up on the wood, and the other three quarters either misses or bounces off the wood. An HVLP gun, which delivers a more gentle spray, may have a transfer efficiency of up to 65 percent.

Siphon cup

Air plunger

Air regulator

Trigger

Fluid inlet

Hanging hook

Fluid pin

Air outlet

id

outlet

Air outlet

Squeeze the trigger and two things happen: the fluid pin pulls back and the air plunger engages. Fluid and air come together just before they reach the fluid tip.

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