What if you could avoid paint defects when producing a new vehicle?
With the future needs of millions of electric vehicles, it has become essential to produce at high speed without any bumps on the road. In order to reduce the production costs while maintaining a high quality and speed, a flawless process is necessary.
One important part of this process is painting and coating. All vehicles need to be painted and coated without any foreign particles being attached during the process, in order to avoid paint related defects on the car body. What if the solution to avoid paint related defects was to spray another component in the air?
Environment free of airborne contamination
How can you achieve a working environment, in an industrial plant, free of airborne contamination? In an automotive factory, there is always contamination of the air by some microscopic particles like dust, paint cracks, hair, etc. That is why there are several methods to prevent the contamination from one room to the other when the car is moving on a continuous line.
Traditional methods to avoid airborne contamination in an automotive production
- Sticky tape gates
- Air nozzles gates
- Anti-static measures
- Dust control measures
Humidification as anti-static and dust control measure
What if spraying small water droplets for humidity control would be the solution for both anti-static measure and dust control? Spraying small droplet size of water in the air will:
- Catch particles in the air and weight them down
- Add humidity to avoid static discharge
- Cover a bigger area as small droplets are lighter and travel further
- Never burst as they have a higher surface ratio than larger droplets
Benefits for car manufacturers
Car manufacturers can benefit greatly from humidity control against static electricity and dust:
- Less repairs on car body
- Prevent electrostatic charges
- Reducing time and cost on operators if less repairs
- Higher paint quality
- Increase productivity
- Spot humidification possible
Dust related defect on paint after coating
A proven technology
Several car manufacturers have already adobted our humidity solution to prevent static electricity and dust in their facilities. Don’t hesitate to contact our project engineers for a free consultation regarding your specific situation.
AKIMist® Dry Fog humidifier installed at a car painting line
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