Gas Catalytic Oven Can Cure Powder in 3-4 Minutes

Yes its true , gas catalytic oven can cure the powder with 3-4 minutes. it can also be used as a booster oven to bring down drying times and reduce the length of the conventional powder curing oven and reduce on investment costs. It can be retrofitted into an existing powder coating plant/line. Gas catalytic oven reduces your fuel/energy/running costs by 50% and increase your productivity. The gas catalytic oven uses a special radiation heat transfer technique which heats the powder and not the metal. Radiation heat is created by oxidizing the gas either LPG or natural gas using a catalyst. Gas catalytic ovens can be used on flat as well as complex shaped parts.

Prism has installed many gas catalytic ovens  around the world as well as in India along with its powder coating plants and Painting lines.

Prism vs Other Paint Shop Suppliers around the world. Know the Difference

What makes us different is the question being asked time and again for the last 30 years by various customers around the world. Whether its a customer in Pune asking us what makes you different from other paint shop suppliers in Pune or a Delhi customer telling us that we already have so many paint shop suppliers in Delhi and why we must buy from you or the typical question we face from Europe, Italy or turkey is that why should we buy from India ?? Yes we have faced all these type of questions and today we are proud to announce we have installed 700 + lines/plants in over 25 countries.

Let us give you a glimpse as to how we are different and why should you consider us for a painting or a powder coating plant/line:

1) Prism is a 30+ year old company and has installed over 700+ plants worldwide for over 50 different types of applications which require different types of customization. With this our team is now capable of installing any time of painting or powder coating line for various types of industries/applications as the experience, technology , proven designs and plants running successfully over 15 years to 20 years has made our customers successful.
2) Prism is one among the few suppliers around the world which have 2 in house manufacturing units with quality control teams completely owned by Prism. This ensures fabrication quality, best construction methods, timely delivery and control over its manufacturing which leads overall performance and aesthetics of the plant.
3) All Prism Powder coating plants, Paint shops, Paint booths and Blast rooms are designed are expertly designed , engineered and manufactured with high quality steel, best brands of bought out components and each item is checked by our quality control team.
4) Prism front line team has a combined experience of 150 years of  project management, designing and installing Painting/ Powder coating plants worldwide. Our customers are guaranteed experienced individuals handling their projects.This is the trust our customers have on us.
5) With the acquisition of OMT Germany by Prism who has been the world leader in supplying complete powder and painting lines from Germany, you get proven designs, technology and the latest manufacturing methodologies from Germany. With this acquisition Prism offers its customers German engineering at Indian manufactured costs giving you cost advantage over other suppliers.
6) Our plants require very minimum maintenance compared to other suppliers and most of our installations run trouble free for over 15-20 years.
7) Our customers around the world can have access to Prism plants as we have a wide sales & service network.
8) Prism is one stop shop for all types of Painting lines. We offer complete powder coating lines , Painting lines , Paint spray booths, Drying curing ovens, Blast Rooms, CED coating lines , Shower tester booths, PTFE coating lines , Paint application equipment etc.

How 3 Axis Platforms increases productivity in Paint booths?

Painting large equipment’s such as Aircraft’s, trucks , buses, rail coaches/locomotives , power transformers , wind mills and other components can be difficult to paint as some areas are hard to reach. This becomes increasing difficult for the operator to keep using manual ladders or platforms to paint the difficult areas. This can lead to finish issues, decreased productivity , operator fatigue and increasing the cost of repainting. To overcome these issues Prism introduces the ‘Tall Boy’ which is a Pneumatic 3 axis platform which can be fitted in your paint booths or Blast rooms. All our platforms are completely Pneumatic (powered by air) and not electric because of the explosive atmosphere present in Paint booths where any spark can be a hazardous in the paint booth. We also dont use hydraulic platforms because there could be a possibility of oil leakage and could affect the finish.Also your maintenance costs will increase as the booth needs to be regularly cleaned if here is oil leakage.

ADVANTAGES OF PRISM’S PNEUMATIC ACCESS PLATFORMS/LIFTS:

  1. Designed in Germany and manufactured in India. You are assured of technology from Germany and the manufacturing is in India which gives you a cost advantage and faster ROI for your investment. The Tall boy can fit into any type of spray paint booth and is easy to use.
  2. Our platforms are designed to reduce operator fatigue, increases productivity and helps you save on paint by bringing down the cost of over painting or repainting.
  3. Our platforms travel and reach to difficult areas of the object while painting (sometimes which cannot be reached by the human hand)which can be vertically ,telescopic or horizontally).
  4. All our platforms are powered by air which makes it safe to use in explosive atmospheres such as paint spray booths
  5. Our Platforms require less maintenance and are easy to operate.

Main Areas of Application

Manufacturers of Buses,trucks, large valves, large engines , power transformers, aircraft’s , military vehicles ,rail coaches,locomotives , metro bogies ,wind mills and any component that cannot be reached by the human hand.Our platforms can be used in Paint booths, Blast rooms as well as powder coating booths.

Apple to Apple comparison of Paint Shop Suppliers? Does it Work in the Paint Shop Industry

While planning and purchasing a new painting or a powder coating plant most of the customers try to create standard specifications for the plant in order to evaluate all suppliers and offers on an apple to apple basis .Such procedures will ensure a fair comparison and avoid biased opinion.

However in such procedures customers may to be able to access innovative designs and the latest trends. Normally most of the customers use their own in house project team to create their standard specification for their

plant. The result is obtain a plant specification for their plant specification which is based on the team members past experience which is more often is an outdated technology.

Very Often customers focus on very minor issues such as thickness of the material, brands of burners/pumps/blowers and do not focus on the conceptual design aspects which can drastically alter the return on investment by changing the figures like investment, running cost and production capacity.

Hence it is advisable to visit and consult experienced team members of the suppliers and motivate them to offer the most innovative plant design that can be customized to suit customers products, his expected ROI and meet the expectations of your end customers.

Sometimes it is advisable to carry out trials prior to creating the plant specifications. In their words focus should be more on hanging/jigging, paint process optimization, running cost of optimizing the space, evaluating investment options for different capacities flexibility etc.

Very often we find there is a huge gap that exist between expectations of the owners/Directors from the paint/powder coating plants compared to the plant actually purchased and installed. There are several reasons for the same. Few common reasons are mentioned below:-

1) No proper specification / RFQ for the plant was prepared in the first place.

Or the RFQ is prepared by the team with little or no experience in the similar plants for the same products with similar capacity. Very often experience of senior managers in one painting plant is assumed to be adequate for conceiving plants for different products.

2) Comparisons are made between various suppliers on several parameters which are irrelevant like thickness of the metal, type of burner, brand of bought out items etc. But not on parameters that influences the performance parameters, ease of maintenance, operating cost, productivity, ROI etc. It is a typical case of catching the tail and leaving the head.

3) The decision makers/team don’t visit the design, Q.0 and manufacturing facilities of the suppliers and evaluate their ability to supply such plants. And understand the difference between various low cost design, manufacturing methods and the disadvantages of these low cost options. Life of the plant is another issue often compromised.

4) Similarly the team do not visit the plants supplied by various suppliers and understand the experience of the erection/project team ability to commission the plant on time, ability to quickly sort out teething issues, after sales service, aesthetics of the plant, reliability of the plant to run trouble free etc.

5) In this industry customers very often go by hearsay about suppliers and their decision is based on those hearsay information obtained by associates in this business. This could be misleading and biased. It is advisable to depend on hearsay as long as it is obtained directly from customers.

6) Not all painting/powder plant suppliers have core competence and relevant experience to design and supply plants to all products, all production capacity, all types of painting process. It is impossible for one company to have such an expertise and experience. Hence it is advisable to figure out the suppliers with relevant expertise and experience.

7) For commercial reasons customers try to buy painting/powder coating equipment, shot blasting facility, sometimes even conveyor etc from different sources directly depending on their project team or on a consultant. A turnkey plant supplier will be able to add huge value to the operating cost, productivity etc by using latest technologies. The moment customers show such preferences to source various equipment separately, every supplier is only motivated to offer a low cost plant option and nobody is even willing to think about ROI, capex vis-a-vis Opex. It is advisable to select plant supplier capable of supplying and running the plant on turnkey basis proving all plant parameters responsible for the ROI.

8) Both in India and in emerging markets the type of equipment, technology used are either copy and paste from Europe/USA/Japan or based on last 30 years of experience seen around in similar industries. Deviating from this tradition seem to be a big challenge. This obviously means you are not going to try out new relevant technologies because your opinions are already biased.

9) Very often customers don’t judge the expectations of their customers from the painting /powder plants. With the result when their customers visit the plant after it is installed he makes few adverse remarks and do not carry enough conviction that the plant will deliver quality consistently.

10) Last but not the least the in house team that conceives, manage the project, select the supplier and deliver right results should be credited for their work. Similarly there should be adequate penalty to the team so that they perform every time selecting the right type of plant and suppliers. In other words accountability to deliver results should be with the team and excuses blaming suppliers should not be encouraged. We often find the team blaming various suppliers selected by them in the first place, to cover up their mistakes.

11) While some companies engage in so much negative marketing about their competition and finally when they get the order they end up messing it up. This has always been the case.