Meet PCI's board of directors and learn about their backgrounds and expertise!

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Metallic powder coatings are not homogeneous films, but instead complex optical systems governed by a flake orientation, particle distribution, electrostatic behavior and geometry-dependent effects. Expecting a metallic powder coating to deliver a single, immutable visual outcome across parts, batches and lighting conditions is not just optimistic, it is scientifically unrealistic.

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Lasers make the once-unthinkable "15-minute powder line" achievable by prioritizing precision, flexibility, and productivity first, with sustainability as a powerful added benefit. 

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By integrating a compact, continuous flow powder coating line, this steel service center prospered from a raw material supplier to a manufacturer delivering a finished product. 

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By solving a critical quality challenge, Winona Powder Coating helped remove a major barrier to growth: turning powder coating from a pain point into a competitive advantage. 

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Success Story

Seeing the Forests, Not Just the Trees My 25-year career path began in sales for powder coatings followed by technical support for the products I sol...

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Powder coating has long been a craft shaped by experience. Operators learn the
quirks of guns, reciprocators, and electrostatics the hard way. When things go
wrong, the instinct is quite often the same: spray a little more powder and hope for
the best. CoatingAI’s Blueprint OS challenges that approach by blending physicsbased
modeling with adaptive machine learning, so powder lines behave like
precision engineered systems.

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artificial intelligence, powder booth, machine learning

In today’s powder coating operations, quality assurance is as critical as production.
Whether it’s finishing automotive parts, architectural components, or OEM products,
coating professionals need to demonstrate consistent coating thickness, proper
surface preparation, and controlled application conditions. Traditionally, this meant
inspectors with basic gages, clip boards, and hours of manual data entry. While the
methods served their purpose, they were often slow, fragmented, and prone to
human error.

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Powder Coating, inspection, coating thickness, surface prep

In the world of industrial finishing and coating, the demand for quality and efficiency
never stops. The products we use every day don’t achieve their flawless finishes by
accident—it takes hard work, precision, and skilled craftsmanship. Today, as
manufacturers strive to maintain that craftsmanship amid labor and production
pressures, automation is stepping in as a powerful ally.

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Powder Coating, robots, cobots, automation