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Coatings & Equipment
To achieve the best transfer
efficiency assess the application equipment available
and evaluate equipment performance using each coating
material considered appropriate for your application.
Each combination of application equipment and coating
creates its own characteristics. Weigh these results
against the specifications set for your finished product.
For example, if increasing transfer efficiency results
in a coating film thickness that is greater than specified,
materials will be wasted
Many option to the traditional organic
solvent-based type of painting material are available,
including coatings that are high-solids, waterbased,
catalyzed or two-component, powder coated or radiation
cured.
Armament Systems Division, United Defense, 2004 Governor’s Award Winner
Collision Repair: Reducing Waste and Costs Cutting the amount of waste generated at your collision repair facility can help you comply with regulations and save money. This fact sheet highlights changes in materials and practices that can help reduce waste at your facility.
Increasing Transfer Efficiency through Part Placement, Spray Adjustment and Overspray Reuse at Medallion Kitchens Medallion Kitchens reclaimed 11.5 gallons of sealer overspray daily, saving $23,000 per year. And, reduced waste sludge 50 percent, saving $30,000 annually.
Intern identifies energy savings opportunities at Nordic Ware. In 2005, the company participated in the MnTAP intern program to identify ways to reduce energy use in the finishing department.
LaserPaint LaserPaint is an attachment for manual spray paint guns of any make or model. It uses two laser beams that come together into a single dot when the spray gun is at the optimum distance.
Liquid
Coating Equipment Suppliers MnTAP maintains this
list of liquid coating equipment suppliers solely as
a service to Minnesota companies.
Paint
Filters: Crenlo Saves Nearly $100,000 by Reducing Paint
Filter Waste and Water Determine how to improve
the efficiency of your paint filters. Using the research
of a MnTAP intern, Crenlo reduced paint filter waste
by 21 tons a year, saving $95,600 annually.
Spray
Painting and Coating Waste Reduction Alternatives
Opportunities for reducing waste exist throughout the
coating process, from product design through manufacturing,
coating and cleaning. This fact sheet discusses how
businesses can incorporate waste reduction strategies
into their coating processes to reduce or eliminate
paint related wastes and emissions.
Streater: Liquid to Powder A manufacturer of store fixtures needed to do a lot of research to justify the $2.5 million system switch to using powder coating.
Tennant Corporation, 2006 Governor's Award Winner
Ultra Image evaluated how to
reduce raw material use in the powder coating application
process.
Waterbased
Finishing Systems Automated
Building Components and the U.S. Postal Service work
with new waterbased paint systems.
Wenger
Corporation Saves Over $93,000 by Reducing Powder Paint
Use and Rework Wenger Corporation decreased paint use by increasing transfer efficiency from 75 to 93 percent, saving over 12,000 pounds of powder and over $81,000 annually. Cost for rework has dropped by an estimated $12,500 annually.
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