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North American Paint Applications

Specializing in Industrial Paint Robot Automation

 

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Products & Services

  - Paint Process Optimization

  - Paint System Audit

  - Paint System Specification

    a Paint Color Change Efficiency

    a Paint Shop Throughput

    a Paint Overspray Reduction

    a Paint Robot Integration

    a Paint Finish Quality

    a Paint System Troubleshooting

    a Painting System Automation

  - Paint Supply Systems

    a Dead Head Paint Supply

    a Recirculating Paint Supply

    a Flexible Colors Paint Delivery

    a Piggable Paint System

    a Self-Flushing Paint Systems

    a Oil Free Paint Supply

    a Paint Sheer Reduction

    a Waste Recovery

  - Paint Robot Program Conversion

  - 2K or 3K Paint Dispensing

   

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Since 2008, our customers have created over a thousand jobs through improved paint finishing, opened new facilities, expanded existing ones, and brought hundreds of  millions in production to the USA.  Improved paint finishing operations have added greater than a billion dollar value to their businesses.  The average NAPaint project ROI is less than 5 months.  Annual benefit can exceed tens of millions.

 

  

       

 

  

 

 

       

Production Paint Application System Specification, Design, and Engineering

 

At minimum, a production line paint application system must meet three objectives:  to support scheduled production, to produce an acceptable quality of finish, and to conform to all safety and regulatory requirements.  With the multitude of equipment and technologies available, which combination is most profitable for your business?

 

The penalty for specifying and engineering an inefficient paint application process is severe for any business and is a price that is paid every day during the lifetime of the system.  For even mid-sized systems, it can easily run into the millions of dollars each year.  Poor layout and design can result in high reject rates, costly scrap, and significantly increased costs of labor and material.  Quality issues can easily strain existing customer relationships and discourage new accounts.  Use of any but the most efficient application technology will often result in the need for additional applicators and equipment, larger booths, and much more pollution and waste.  Among existing industrial manufacturing paint application systems in operation, our experience is that poorly specified and executed systems are the major majority.  We regularly encounter facilities that expend double or triple the total annual operational costs that are necessary to meet the three objectives above.

 

Some examples of design inefficiencies we regularly encounter are:

  • Less than optimal methods of paint application requiring more equipment, booth, and material usage.

  • Inadequate or inefficient integration.

  • Poor part rack design.

  • Inefficient robot programming.

  • Inefficient special colors paint supply pumping and piping arrangements.

  • Prolonged color changes that require larger gaps on the conveyor without parts and higher levels of material usage.

  • Lack of paint application process control resulting in inconsistency, higher levels of material usage, low finish quality, higher finish defects and reject rates, double processing and scrap.

  • Inadequate clean room environment for painted parts in the wet.

  • Inefficient conveyor utilization and part presentation.

  • Inefficient or non-existent degrade modes and methods.

  • Labor intensive operations.

  • Inefficient methods of repair and rework.

Finally, when you also consider that an efficient paint application system usually incurs the lowest installation costs, an owners interests would be well served to give careful consideration to the design and specification of your paint process.

 

Sometimes, robot manufacturers, paint application equipment manufacturers, or paint suppliers will propose or engineer a design or a specification for your paint process.  These proposals often favor the suppliers and their affiliates and seldom include the most efficient paint process arrangement available.  Often, operational costs are not seriously considered (at one major automotive manufacturer, improved color change efficiency saved US$ 26 million annually, more than the original cost of the paint application equipment!).  In these circumstances, and prior to the outlay of your major capital funding for the installation of a proposed paint application system and your unretractable commitment for recurring yearly cost of operations, would it not be wise to commission an unbiased and comprehensive process review?  This is especially more so if it could be undertaken by a company specializing in paint application optimization that is independent of equipment and paint suppliers.  Such an assessment by the North American Paint Application Company will be the best investment your business ever makes in paint.

 

If your business requires efficiency, we encourage you to contact us with regard to your paint application system wants and needs.  We excel at producing and defining paint application designs and specifications for most types of electrostatic and conventional systems that are the most efficient available.  We also provide paint application related consultant and consulting services.  We incorporate the following into complete or partial specifications.  

  • Process validation with the most efficient technology available.

  • Minimized installation costs.

  • Implement efficient, beneficial, and compatible paintshop practices.

  • Minimized operating costs.

  • Simplified operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

  • Conformity to standards and codes.

  • Regulatory compliance.

 

Process Validation

 

Paint application system specifications should begin by determining the most efficient and cost effective technology available that will finish your parts with an acceptable level of coating performance and quality.  For most industrial applications, the paint and application technology is already widely applied, and this experience allows us to quickly recommend the most efficient application technology based on the shape and material of the parts to be painted, paint chemistry, production rates and constraints, and the requirements of the finish.  We also support owners with validation testing using the most efficient application technology, actual parts and coating material, and simulations of actual production as closely as possible.

 

 

Complete Design and Specification

 

Once an acceptable level of coating performance and quality has been obtained with the most efficient technology, the remainder of the system can be designed and specified based on production requirements.  This includes hazard classifications, two-tone, masking, or prep zone sizing and specification (if any), touch-up and reinforcement zone sizing and specification (if any), primary paint application zone(s) sizing, design, and specification, flash zone sizing and specification, booth air flow and quality specification, and all supporting system sizing  and specification including conveying system, part hanger and carrier configuration, paint supply system, compressed air and breathable air (if any) systems, waste collection, fire alarm, detection, and protection systems, and process control systems for the foregoing, including all utility requirements.

  

Feel free to give me a call to discuss . . . Joe @ (708) 663-8705.

    

 

 

Some Platforms Supported

 

Fanuc Paint Mate 200iA - Dispensing, Painting Automation. R30iA Controller
Fanuc Paint Mate 200iA/5L - Dispensing, Painting, Coating Automation. R-30iA Controller
Fanuc P-10, Fanuc P10 – Door Opener, Painting Automation.
Fanuc P-15, Fanuc P15 – Hood/Deck Opener, Painting Automation. 
Fanuc P-50, Fanuc P50, Fanuc P-50i, Fanuc P50i - Bonding, Sealing. Painting Automation. RJ3 Controller
Fanuc P-50iA, Fanuc P50iA, Fanuc P-50 iA - Dispensing, Painting, Coating Automation. RJ3iB Controller
Fanuc P-100, Fanuc P100 - Dispensing, Painting, Coat Automation. RJ Controller or RJ2 Controller
Fanuc P-120, Fanuc P120 – Material Handling. R-J2 Controller or R-J3 Controller
Fanuc P-145, Fanuc P145 - Dispensing, Painting Automation. RJ2 Controller, RJ3 Controller, or R-J3iB Controller
Fanuc P-155, Fanuc P155 - Bonding, Sealing, Dispensing, Painting Automation. R-J Controller or RJ2 Controller
Fanuc P-200, Fanuc P200 - Bonder, Sealer. RJ2 Controller or RJ3 Controller
Fanuc P-200E, Fanuc P200E - Dispensing, Painting Automation. RJ3iB Controller
Fanuc P-200T, Fanuc P200T - Bonder, Sealer, Cleanroom, Dispensing. RJ2 Controller or RJ3 Controller
Fanuc P-250iA, Fanuc P250iA, P250 - Cleanroom, Dispensing, Paint Automation. RJ3iC Controller
Fanuc P-250iA/10S, Fanuc P250iA/10S - Dispensing, Paint Automation. RJ3iC Controller
Fanuc P-250iA/15, Fanuc P250iA/15 - Bonding, Sealing, Dispensing, Paint Automation. RJ3iC Controller
Fanuc P-250iA/15T, Fanuc P250iA/15T - Bonder, Sealer, Dispensing, Paint Automation. RJ3iA Controller
Fanuc P-500, Fanuc P500, P-500iA, P500iA - Paint Automation. RJ3iB Controller

AccuFlow, AccuChop, AccuAir, AccuStat, Integral Pump Control ICP, ServoBell and SpeedDock.PaintTool, PaintPRO, RoboGuide, PaintWorks, WinTPE.
 
ABB Tralfa TR-5000, ME5002, ME-502, TR5000, 5002, ME502 - Paint Robot. C5.3 Controller or C5.3B Controller.
ABB IRB 540, ABB IRB540, ABB IRB 540-12, ABB IRB540-12 - Paint Robot. S4P, S4P Plus, or IRC5P Controller.
ABB IRB 580, ABB IRB580 - Painting Robot. S4P Controller, S4P+ Controller, S4C, or IRC5 P Controller.
ABB IRB 52, ABB IRB52 - Painting Robot. IRC 5P Controller.
ABB IRB 5300, IRB5300 - Door Opener. S4C Controller.
ABB IRB 5400, ABB IRB5400 - Painting Robot. S4P, S4P+, S4C, or IRC5P Controller.
ABB IRB 5400-02, ABB IRB5400-02, ABB IRB 5400-03, ABB IRB5400-03 - S4P, S4P Plus, or IRC5P Controller.

ABB IRB 5400-04, ABB IRB 5400-04, ABB IRB 5400-12, ABB IRB5400-12 - S4P, S4P Plus, or IRC5P Controller.

ABB IRB 5400-22, ABB IRB5400-22, ABB IRB 5400-24, ABB IRB5400-24 - S4P, S4P Plus, or IRC5P Controller.
ABB IRB 5402, ABB IRB5402 - Paint Robot. S4P or S4P Plus Controller.
ABB IRB 5403, ABB IRB5403 - Paint Robot. S4P or S4P Plus Controller.
ABB IRB 5500, ABB IRB5500 – Paint Robot. IRC5P Controller.

RAPID, RobView, Integrated Process System IPS, RobotStudio, simulation.

 

Sames TRP 500, TRP500, TRP-501, TRP501, TRP-502, TRP502, TRP-DP, TRPDP, single and dual head/purge spray gun,  PPH 707 SB bell, EC 35, EC 50, EX 65 Hi-TE, Range 7 Fiber Optic Bell Speed Control, BSC 100, BSC100, BSC 605, GN 3002 (GN3002) GN 4002 (GN4002), GN 5002 (GN5002), PPH707 test stand, etc.

 

EFC ES19NE, FS40R, EFC Mini Gun, EFC 100, UP 200 High Voltage Power Supply, etc.

 

ITW Ransburg RMA 202, RMA 303 Direct Charge Rotary Atomizer, RMA202, RMA303 Indirect Charge, Aerobell 33, Aerobell33, Evolver, Evolver SE, AGMD, REA 90, REA90, REA 900A, REA 9000W, AquaBlock, AquaTank, TurboDisk, AdaptaFlow, DynaFlow, RCS Gear Pump, RansFlow, PulseTrack, Etc.

 

Graco ProMix, Pro Mix 2KS, 3KS, 2KE, PrecisionMix, PMix, P-Mix, Precision Mix II.

 

Control Platforms Allen Bradley PLC-3, PLC-5, SLC-500, PLC3, PLC5, SLC500, MicroLogix 1000-1100-1200-140-1500, CompactLogix 1768/1769, Controllogix 5000/1756, Schneider Modicon Quantum, Modicon Premium, Modicon M340, Momentum, Mitsubishi L Series MELSEC L, Q Sereis, Siemans SIMATIC S7 200-300-400-1200, Siemans LOGO, AutomationDirect Productivity3000, DirectLogic, CLICK, AC500, AC 500, OMRON NSJ-CJ2-CS1-C200HX-C200HG-C200HE-CS-CJ1-CJ1G-CP1-CVM1/CV, TCP/IP, Ethernet IP, Data Highway, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Profibus, Modbus, CC-Link, Genius, Remote IO, WonderWare, Visual Basic, C++, RS Logix, RS View, FactoryTalk, ConCept, ProWorx 32, ProWorx32, etc.

 

 

   

 


 

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