Intellifinishing

Part IV: Detailed Recipes Make More than Grandma’s Brownies

IntelliFinishing — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:57:58 +0000

The final major challenge presented to us by our customer was the desire to integrate technology and traceability into the new paint system. The parts being produced at their facility often ended up in military applications, so the more data they could track, the tighter their process controls – and thus quality – could be.

Part III: The Lights are On, But No One is Home

IntelliFinishing — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:55:02 +0000

The third goal for our customer was to reduce energy consumption and eliminate waste as much as possible. This makes sense, as energy rates continue to rise and the emphasis on lean and green continues to grow.

Part II: Safety–Not an Afterthought

IntelliFinishing — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:49:04 +0000

Another challenge at the top of our customer’s needs was creating a safe work environment. With their existing manual system, the physical demand on the operators of lifting and loading parts through the various processes was excessive. The existing system was also very loud and difficult to keep clean with the several open-faced paint booths used to coat their parts.

Part I: The Walls Are Closing In

IntelliFinishing — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:42:39 +0000

The first concern for our customer was how they were going to replace their existing manual paint shop with an automated, state-of-the-art IntelliFinishing system in the same space, which only measured 74 feet across and 55 feet deep.

Why invest in a new finishing system?

IntelliFinishing — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:23:02 +0000

It is often hard to justify replacing what isn’t broken, or upgrading what has worked so well for decades. Why invest valuable time or money in a project?

A Plan for Every Part

IntelliFinishing — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:35:54 +0000

...an IntelliFinishing system offers capabilities in ONE LINE that would take MULTIPLE LINES for traditional systems. Customers have been amazed at what can be accomplished with layouts that are not limited by a one-way, one-speed conveyor.

Part II: Changing the “Game”! – Improving Paint System Design

IntelliFinishing — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:24:53 +0000

Imagine if you could only drive your vehicle in the forward direction, at one speed which is based on the vehicle driving in front of you…this scenario limits your abilities to get where you want to go. So why have a finishing system with that same limitation?

Part I: Changing the “Game”! – Improving Paint System Design

IntelliFinishing — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:51:43 +0000

Once you understand the IntelliFinishing system, it will shatter your preconceived notions and known limitations of what a paint finishing system has been.

A “Chainless” Power & Free Conveyor?

IntelliFinishing — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:05:42 +0000

The separate motors also turn off and on the individual conveyor sections when there is a part present making this system more energy efficient because the full system isn’t always running, only the process areas being used at the given time.

What is a Recipe-Based Finishing System?

IntelliFinishing — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:44:58 +0000

There is no longer a need for batching your whole line with like parts to get quality.