Temperature Settings of Electric Heat Gun

Very basic and common electric heat guns have just one heat setting and one fan speed. These tools are designed primarily for stripping paint in homes, offices, and industries as well. There are more complicated models available also which have two or three heat settings or even fully variable adjustment within a range, together with a choice of two, three or variable speeds of air flow as per the various purposes and requirements of the customers. The effective temperature of an electric heat gun can be lowered by holding it further away from the surface, but having variable settings gives more choice. For the purpose of paint stripping, the maximum speed and the maximum airflow is generally needed. These settings are also needed for other jobs such as soldering plumbing joints and freeing rusty nuts. There are other applications of this reliable and useful tool where having lower air flows and lower temperatures can be useful. 

A heat gun is designed to blow hot air, however, it blows much hotter air so it can’t be used for drying your hair.

Here’s the list of the most common applications of this tool:

Medical plastics which are used in orthotics and prosthetics are shaped and welded using a heat gun. Unlike open flame, there is more control over the temperature output and there is less chance of scorching these expensive devices. To get a custom fit, the materials can be heated with hot air and then shaped and smoothed. Dental labs also use heat guns to reshape, weld and repair dentures. In optical labs also, eyeglasses often require to be adjusted to fit. A heat gun set up as a bunsen burner and with a reflector, the nozzle will provide them heat evenly.