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The Innovative Sames Kremlin’s PaintSave Halves the Paint Lost to Colour Changes 40 cubic centimetres: that’s about the volume of paint lost on a car line with each colour change. PaintSave reduces it to 18 cc and allows to save tens of thousands of euros per year.
E
very time a robot applicator of a car line changes its colour
In order to solve this issue, Sames Kremlin developed an innovative
and cleans its tools, it loses 40 cubic centimetres of paint, or
device called PaintSave, which has already been installed in a car
about € 0,48.
factory in the United States. It allows to reduce losses from 40 to 18 cc.
However, colour changes are very frequent on an industrial line, because car manufacturers prefer to manufacture in order of order
How it works
rather than in colour batches, so as to reduce lead times and limit
PaintSave is based on the pig system: a cylindrical part pushed by
stocks. They change colour every 5 cars on average, or even every 2
compressed air that circulates between the colour changer and the
or 3 cars.
sprayer. It scrapes the inner edges of the hose and thus recovers the
After a year, the paint lost amounts to tens of thousands of euros.
majority of the paint.
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N. 69 - MAY/JUNE 2021 - international PAINT&COATING magazine
