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Calculating the ROI for a new painting coating equipment system requires looking beyond the initial purchase price. A modern system from TIMS COATING delivers returns in multiple areas. 1. Material Savings: Calculate your current paint/powder cost and multiply it by the percentage improvement in transfer efficiency (e.g., a 20-30% savings). 2. Labor Savings: Determine the number of manual painters that can be reassigned due to automation. 3. Rework Reduction: Estimate the cost of your current scrap and rework rate and apply a significant reduction (e.g., 80-90%). 4. Throughput Increase: Calculate the value of the additional parts you can produce per hour. 5. Energy Savings: Factor in lower energy use from efficient ovens. When you sum these operational savings, you will often find that a new painting coating equipment system provides a compelling ROI in just 1-3 years.

A "paint kitchen" is the heart of any liquid painting coating equipment system. It is a dedicated, controlled room or area where the paint is stored, mixed, temperature-controlled, and pumped to the spray guns on the production line. A high-quality fluid handling system from TIMS COATING will include pumps, pressure regulators, viscosity control units, and fluid heaters to ensure that the paint arriving at the spray gun is always at the perfect, consistent specification. This is absolutely critical for achieving a repeatable, high-quality finish. Without a proper paint kitchen, even the best spray booth and robot will produce inconsistent results.

The choice between an automated and a manual painting coating equipment setup depends on volume, quality requirements, and complexity. Manual painting offers the ultimate flexibility for one-off, highly complex custom jobs. However, it is subject to operator fatigue and inconsistency. An automated system, featuring robots or reciprocators, provides absolute consistency and repeatability, which is essential for high-volume production and for meeting stringent OEM quality standards. An automated system from TIMS COATING will deliver a more uniform finish, reduce material waste, and increase throughput compared to even the most skilled manual painter.

Coating plastics requires specialized painting coating equipment due to two main challenges: adhesion and heat sensitivity. First, plastics have low surface energy, so they must be pretreated to ensure the paint will stick. This often involves flame treatment, plasma treatment, or applying a special adhesion promoter. Second, plastics cannot withstand the high temperatures used to cure coatings on metal. Therefore, the painting coating equipment must include a low-temperature curing solution, such as an infrared (IR) oven or an ultraviolet (UV) curing system, which can cure specialized coatings in seconds with minimal heat. TIMS COATING engineers complete lines specifically for the challenges of finishing plastic components.