Ensuring Quality & Safety in Aerospace Manufacturing with Precision Temperature and Viscosity Control.

Saint Clair Systems’ Technology is Revolutionizing Aerospace Finishes

Reduce paint usage per part by 20-30%
Increase First Time Yield (FTY) by 3-5%
Improve orange peel by two-points on the ACT scale
Improve gloss by 5-7 GU (on a 60 degree geometry)
Reduce rework in your process by more than 2.5%
Provide detection of system and equipment failure prior to spraying parts
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For Aerospace Manufacturing, Precision Temperature and Viscosity Control is Essential to Creating Safe, High-Quality Products

From aircraft engines to finishing touches on satellites, paints, coatings, sealants, and adhesives are critical to the production of modern aerospace components. Precision and consistency aren’t just empty buzzwords in the aerospace sphere. They’re paramount.

A big issue in fluid dispensing applications is ambient temperature change and how it impacts your process (and there will always be some level of fluctuation, no matter how automated your process is). If you’re dispensing protective coatings or sealants, the viscosity of your process material changes as its surrounding temperature does. The change in viscosity dominoes into the consistency and quality of your output. The issues that result are preventable when temperature is controlled more effectively.

Controlling Tempurature at the Point of Application

There are differing schools of thought on how best to control temperature change. Saint Clair Systems has taken a more disruptive approach: controlling temperature at the point of application.

We start at the last point in the process – the point where the fluid is dispensed – and then work backwards.
This allows us to eliminate the impact of temperature change on a fluid’s dispense journey.
Our temperature control system provides tight control (within +/- 1 degree °F), guaranteeing precision and consistency.

And we’re the ONLY company doing this.

To help you find the right temperature control solution for your application, we offer several different FREE tools that can evaluate your process and demonstrate how our solutions can benefit you. Our experts are available to answer any questions you may have.

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Precision, Time After Time

Precision is not just important, it's essential when every detail counts.

3-5% Increase in first time yield
5-7 GU (on a 60 degree geometry) improvement in gloss
Provide detection of system and equipment failure prior to spraying parts
2.5% reduction in rework in your process
2-point improvement in orange peel on the ACT scale
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Reduction In Paint Usage Per Part
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Can Film Pattern Measurement
Optimize Aerospace Finishes?

Liquid Coating Magazine | February 2021

In collaboration with CFAN and SprayVision, Saint Clair Systems used an innovative film measurement system to investigate ways to improve first-time yield. Learn how it works and how you can improve your own first-time yields.

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SprayVision Improves
Aerospace Finishing Process

White paper | January 2021

This report details how CFAN, a jet engine turbine blade supplier to GE Aerospace, employed the SprayVision system to investigate the unique traits of their automated blade painting system. Their goal was to boost their First Time Yield percentage from under 90% to over 95%.

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