Plant List & Specs

Performance

The plant work is fitted with two 7.5kW direct-drive aerofoil, backwards curved centrifugal fans to achieve the design airflow rate of 30,000m3/hr. This provides a rate of 7 air changes per minute within the cabin, with extracted air being exhausted to the atmosphere. The extraction system is fitted with two-stage filtration using 50mm EU2 green paint stop and EU3 blue prefilters; which ensures that emissions meet EPA requirements. The input system uses high-quality EU5 filter media to ensure incoming air is free of contaminants down to 10 microns.

Lighting

Todd Engineering has developed a state-of-the-art LED lighting system specifically for use in their range of spray booths. These LED lights surpass the very highest standards required in the automotive refinishing sector, creating a superbly lit cabin with high level-light pods. The Pods are angled to reduce glare and shadowing. The state-of-the-art LED lighting system gives illumination levels in excess of +1800 lux through the use of high output LED SMD Chips designed to provide a colour temperature of 5000K @ 90CRI offering unrivalled lighting quality when colour matching. These LED’s consume 50% less energy than conventional tubes with an equivalent light output and operate via an external low voltage driver at 36VDC. The lighting is fitted with a hi-tech laser-etched ‘Luminit’ film, which removes the visual appearance of each individual LED and created a flat panel of light. The light pods are finished with a frameless toughened glass cover and intumescent seal to separate electronics from the booth atmosphere.

Spraying cycle

Fresh air is drawn from the atmosphere and heated to the required temperature. It then passes through EU5 ceiling filters into the booth and over the vehicle, as it passes it carries away paint over-spray & vapors. The air is extracted via a twin dry filter system and let out to the atmosphere. It is essential to use the recommended filters with regular changes; doing so will help 99% of pollutants can be captured.

Heating

The spray booth is fitted with a state of the art direct-fired modulating gas/LPG premix burner with an output of 220kW or 750,000Btu’s/hr; this allows input air to be rapidly heated to the pre-set temperature on the control panel, cabin temperature is then held within +/- 1 degree. Modulation is achieved using integrated variable speed drive technology for greater control and efficiency of the heating plant.

Final Inspection

Final Inspection includes gloss level recording, paint thickness and paint adhesion testing. Token samples are processed with all batches and kept on site for 12 months. Completed job process sheets are scanned and maintained as per company Quality System requirements.

Through our supply chain, we are able to source paints from companies including Trimite, Indestructible Paints, PPG PRC-DeSoto, HMG and Akzo. We have experience of paint on various substrates, including aluminium, steel, titanium, stainless steel, nickel super alloys (such as Inconel) and lead. Masking is available to be created and printed in-house  and Dry film lubricants are also offered.