Paint And Powder Booths
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Finishing Systems Corp. can supply for your system a wide variety of standard or custom Paint and Powder booths which are designed to meet your specific coating needs. Booths are constructed of formed galvanized or stainless steel panels, tongue and groove panels, or plastic materials. Spark proof exhaust fans are furnished to provide proper air flow through booths.

Liquid Paint Booths: Liquid coating is the oldest and for some products the best finishing technology. It has been generally replaced by powder for some products, principally because it can pose more environmental challenges. But, new environmentally - friendly coating formulations and the development of whole new classes of complex and/or heat-sensitive products has led to continued advancements and use of liquid coating technology. Liquid coating is widely used for automotive and other products requiring a smooth, mirror-like finish. It is widely used in finishing operations that require fast, frequent color changes. It is also widely used for application of UV-curable, waterborne, and plural component coating materials on plastics and wood. It is often the most practical choice for parts that are heat sensitive, including some plastics and many parts produced by and for the electronics industry. Liquid coating is also often the most practical choice for complex parts and components whose size and geometry make powder coating and curing prohibitively expensive. Our high-efficiency paint system booths provide clean, quiet working environments. We offer both Water Wash Style and Dry Filter booths.

Powder Booths: A powder booth is an enclosure that is designed to contain the powder application process. A recovery system is attached to the powder booth shell in order to pull air into the booth and prevent the oversprayed powder from getting outside of the enclosure. The simplest powder booths are designed for a single operator to manually apply powder to a non-moving product. Other booths are designed so that parts can be moved by a conveyor through the enclosure. Conveyorized systems may be designed for manual application from two sides, automatic application, or a system incorporating both, depending on the system requirements. The particular style, size and number of powder booths needed is related to the size of the product, and the available space and the volume of product to be coated. Powder booth shells are occasionally made of painted steel but more often they are made of stainless steel, polypropylene or other clear plastic. Painted steel is adequate but there is some risk that the paint will chip off and cause contamination in the oversprayed powder in the reclaim system. Stainless steel makes for a very durable booth shell with a smooth surface that is easy to clean.

The booth size will be determined by the height and width of the required product opening. The opening size must allow proper product entrance into the booth, with proper clearance on the sides, as well. Normally at least 6" between the largest parts and the top and sides of the opening is required.

Options available are:

........*Explosion proof fluorescent or incandescent lighting

........*Paper roll or fiberglass media filters

........*Manometers to indicate filter pressure drops

........*Velocity sensors with variable frequency fan drives to maintain required booth velocity

........*Fire Detection Systems

........*Vacuum Cleaners

........*Breathable Air Packages