Manufacturing Industry
Building powder coating equipment.(powder coating clinic)
Products Finishing, May, 2006 by Liberto, Nick
Q. I'm an engineer working for a nonprofit in the southern Philippines, tasked with helping establish small-scale production (50 units/ month) of inexpensive rugged wheelchairs, with possible future expansion. I need to find some resources for building tanks, spray booth, ovens. There is a local powder coating industry, both for providing powder coating as a service, and for building a booth and ovens. I am reluctant to outsource finishing because it interrupts workflow (in between welding and assembly) and l have had serious quality control/schedule problems with outsourcing. However the quoted cost for paying a contractor to build our line for us exceeds available budget. Since we have a couple of engineers on staff, a bunch of good metalworkers and equipment, CAD...
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