Coils, powders, and other beneficial approaches to painting

Automotive Design & Production,  Jan, 2003  by Christopher A. Sawyer

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Undaunted, Behr and PPG have developed the Dynamic Flex Coat system to provide automakers with a custom, on-the-fly paint capability. The powder dispersal bell is fed by multiple color lines, mixes the pigments in the atomizer, and sprays a color palette of approximately 160 colors, which can be changed as the paint bell travels around the vehicle.

Custom paint effects, two-tone finishes, and unique colors can be created in one step. An internal PPG/Behr study showed the process could cut painting costs by nealy 11/unit, but would--again--require a dedicated, though compact, facility, and an automaker ready to adopt a novel painting technology delivered by a single supply source.

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