Martin 2,130 #1 Posted March 30, 2012 i have said before in some of my posts that i work for a company that does powder coating. we are a mass surface finishing company, which means we deal in many types of surface finishing on mostly metals, both ferrous and non ferrous. i mainly deal with powder coating, being the paint coordinator i oversee all 5 paint lines we have. i snapped a bunch of pics of our equipment, paint lines and some of the product we paint. vibratory area.... we have about 13 different bowl and straight machines, various sizes. wash area.... cab washer..... pass thru washers..... blasting area...... wheelabrator machines, blast rooms and blast cabinets..... jmb conveyor blast machine...... burn ovens.... and paint lines....... manual/auto paint line, our largest.... approx 700 ft long. 5 stage wash system.... end of wash system and primer booth... primer booth and low temp oven. also a skid of 50 lbs boxes of paint in the foreground. with all the paint lines running 3 shifts, we go through this amount of paint in a couple days..... pairts going into main paint booth. this is used both as a manual booth with one gun and auto line running 4 fixed guns. parts exiting booth and heading to cure oven other auto line is down at the moment...... washer and oven... inside manual/auto booth... auto gun controllers... manual batch booths and ovens...... we have 3 other lines running as well. these are smaller qty runs, first line is our heavy part line. we run up to 20 ft long and 500 lbs parts through here... 2 other smaller part lines, one for larger quantities and one for all the odd ball stuff...... some of the parts we process in the paint areas...... axle spacers..... column parts for some of the big john deere combines, these get painted brown.... new auger job, these are 20 ft long... some parts for road works electronic signs you see on the road side, these get done orange...... big industrial sweeper frames.... and the body parts for the sweepers... wheel hubs.... hope you guys enjoyed the tour......... :thumbs: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowtiebutler956 649 #2 Posted March 30, 2012 Woooow! Thats Awesome! Matt :flags-texas: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dclarke 4,011 #3 Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks Martin, pretty interesting, and BIG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 14,930 #4 Posted March 30, 2012 That is really amazing. But can you put a whole Wheel Horse through there? :scratchead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GlenPettit 1,714 #5 Posted March 31, 2012 Really enjoyed seeing your pictures of the plant and what you really do there. Lot better to see the machines and a plant in action rather that the static showroom shots. Thanks for sharing, Michigan Glen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,954 #6 Posted March 31, 2012 So that's where you make your magic happen...really nice facility there Martin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martin 2,130 #7 Posted March 31, 2012 That is really amazing. But can you put a whole Wheel Horse through there? bob, im trying!! so far ive done all my paint on the 1057 there. nothing on that tractor has been painted at home and its all powder.......... Thanks Martin, pretty interesting, and BIG. denny, yes for the first couple of years, it did seem big. now though it only seems big when i get in my truck at the end of the day and my legs are killing me from having to be everywhere in that place all day long. it seems smaller when i think about how i know just about every square inch of that shop floor and what parts are where...... Really enjoyed seeing your pictures of the plant and what you really do there. Lot better to see the machines and a plant in action rather that the static showroom shots. Thanks for sharing, Michigan Glen glen, i would have liked to get some more painting shots, especially when running the autos, but i only had a few minutes spare before shift change this morning, and with how busy today was, i just had to pick my battles....... on that though, here is our web site.... http://www.kvfquad.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Kuhn 1,547 #8 Posted April 2, 2012 Wow that is a pretty big operation you guys have going there. Thanks for the pics Martin. Jake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
