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Painting, Coating Manufactured Parts
Aug 02, 2011
There are a lot of important steps in any manufacturing process, but a key step that, by nature, gets a great deal of scrutiny is the coating process. A walk through the coating area of a BTD facility is like visiting another planet. People in “spacesuits” (for safety and cleanliness) are taking care of important steps in producing painted or coated products that are pure perfection.
The coating process is an interesting and choreographed journey. It might involve blasting with a tiny steel shot to prep the surface, removing minor imperfections or doing a thorough cleaning.
Parts go through the coating sequence on automated conveyors that insure nothing touches the surface during the process. Each product has a critical bake time that is controlled by computers and specialized bake “ovens.”
BTD personnel work with some of the biggest coating suppliers in the country such as DuPont, Sherwin Williams, PPG and AkzoNobel to continually refine the products that will stand the test of time on parts we ship out. Seeing a bare product start the journey and eventually come out looking colorful, shiny and new is a rewarding sight! However, the journey isn’t done until products go through a thorough testing process to ensure quality and in-spec coatings.
The people at our plants who manage this incredible process have a colorful job indeed!
