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Sample Painting Process Flow Chart

Paint Curing
Paint curing has no substeps, but has a number of factors that can affect product quality and thus waste generation, and paint consumption.

These include:

  • Temperature fluctuation due to inadequate control
  • Improper temperature setting
  • Dirty air/recontamination
  • Line interruptions

Prevention Planning
Paint curing has no substeps. The 450 gpy of solvent must evaporate off the parts for the paint to cure. This cannot be changed without a change in the coating used.

A number of factors in this step can affect product quality, which affects waste generation and paint use. These include:

  • Temperature fluctuation due to inadequate control
  • Improper temperature setting
  • Dirty air/recontamination
  • Line interruptions

Plant operations for this example:
paint preparation | part preparation | paint application | paint curing | paint cleanup | assembly, inspection & shipping

 

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