Paints and Coatings

Overview

We proudly design and supply innovative products and economical solutions to meet specific needs in Paints, Stains, Architectural Specialty Coating, and varied liquid types.

Case Study

Automotive coating companies produce more than 22 million liters per year at a rate of more than 100 batches per week. Each batch is filtered to remove foreign particulates and achieve the high quality demanded by automakers and their tiers.

An automotive coating plant in Illinois used a combination of cartridges followed by filter bags, but fibers from the filtration media were migrating into the paint. Not only was this depth filter setup redundant, but the performance of a single set of cartridges was not sufficient to complete a batch. Thus, the changeout of filter media was proving costly in consumable filter media and production time due to constantly replacing between batches. Plus, with metallic paints, the cartridge filters were caked with metal and mica particles and required up to four changes per batch.

Filtration Systems solved their problems with three types of bags that are great selections in this industry: Accufit® Welded Superbond® & Accufit® Welded IP® Series, Accufit® Welded Expanded Media, and Ultrafit® Welded High Performance Bags.

Our customer identified improved filtration as a cost-saving target, achieving an estimated 50% savings on filter consumables with reduced production times and labor requirements.