Case Studies

Automated Powder Coating Machine

In late 2000, FORCE Manufacturing, Inc. was contacted to build an automated Powder Coating Machine for a customer with extraordinarily large back orders. They required a new high speed Powder Coating Machine as quickly as possible. Because of their immediate demand, the customer specified a high demand machine with the capability to handle a broad range of products and incorporate the latest technologies.

Due to an aggressive schedule and a bonus/penalty contract, thorough engineering of long lead time components and purchases were completed first, followed by a system integration plan, and incorporated into a final automated machine design.

A final qualification of the machine was performed five (5) weeks ahead of the deadline, demonstrating production rates, safety, and operator interface.

Powder Coating Machine – Features and Components

• Custom vibrator bowl feeder
• Linear parts conveyor
• Oven loading station
• Unload bi-axial chute
• 12 position indexing station
• Liquid cooled rotating spindles
• Multi function powder coating fluid bed
• Custom vertical lift powder auger
• Multiple curing stations
• Integrated cooling system
• Integrated water circulating system with chiller
• 2 Axis unload station
• Unload conveyor
• PLC with touch screen interface, including complete programing with multiple sub-routines.