Who hasn’t had it happen to them? You pick up a powder hose and suddenly it’s literally like being struck by lighting!

The problem:

During the coating process powder flows through the hose. Due to the friction caused by this, the hose becomes electrostatically charged. Since it is not earthed, it discharges as soon as the opportunity arises. An unsuspecting operator can quickly become just such an opportunity.

The solution:

To resolve this problem the hose needs to be earthed – but normally plastic is not electrically conductive. This is why those resourceful people at Wagner have come up with a powder hose with an electrically conductive core, a vein of carbon running along the whole length of the hose.

When the new powder hose is used with a suitable injector (PI-P1 or PI-F1), the discharges described above finally become a thing of the past. With a few adaptations older injectors of Types PJ-2020PRS and PJ-D1 are also compatible with the new electrically conductive powder hose.