Paint application and drying are two decisive stages that take place in your body shop's paint booth.
How can you reduce the energy consumption of this booth while guaranteeing optimum quality for your customers? The solution lies in controlling temperatures during the application and drying phases, using high-precision electronic temperature control.
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A body shop repairs and paints the bodywork of damaged vehicles.
The spray booth is a ventilated, illuminated and heated enclosure designed to spray coats of liquid paint and varnish. Its use complies with safety standards.
Heating and temperature control are major components of the cab, ensuring that paint hardens and dries quickly.
Paint is applied by spraying in spray booths. This stage takes place at a temperature generally between 20°C and 25°C, with a controlled air speed inside the booth.
Various techniques are used for drying, including the most widespread hot-air technique, which involves raising the cabin temperature to 60°C once the application is complete to obtain satisfactory results.
These two operations are essential if the paint is to harden.
If these conditions are not met, the paint will flake more easily.
Cooling is the final phase in the painting process. Temperature control is very important for the quality of the work.
The paint booth is the most energy-intensive part of a body shop, accounting for around 75% of total consumption. The aim is touse the booth as sparingly as possible in terms of heating and running time.
The dimensions of a hot-air paint booth, and its energy consumption for heating, are calculated according to :
The use of water-based paints in a hot-air paint booth results in oversized thermal output and higher energy consumption.
Fuji Electric's high-precision temperature control guarantees temperature control during the application and drying phases for perfect paint results.
A two-degree-of-freedom PID control algorithm prevents temperature overshoot. A high-performance microprocessor ensures ultra-fast regulation to limit temperature variations, whatever the outside temperature and environmental conditions. The temperature is stable and under control.
The PID PXFtemperature controller reduces energy consumption for booth air heating.
The 2 setpoints enable easy changeover between application and drying temperatures. Its large, high-visibility display provides improved visualization of the set temperature, whatever the ambient light conditions.
Productivity is increased by improving paint booth utilization.
The ergonomic, ultra-compact design makes it easy to integrate the temperature controller into new cabins or existing systems, reducing costs, space and wiring.
Alarms in the event of over-measurement ensure protection of the cabin and the painter.
Cabin commissioning costs are reduced with the integrated auto-tuning function, which ensures the best heating precision for specific conditions.
Fuji Electric's PXF temperature controllers offer unrivalled uptime and reduce your maintenance and operating costs.
These controllers can also be combined with air humidity controllers to match the humidity of the outside air to the temperature required inside the cabin.
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