Saint Clair Systems is Here to Solve Problems You Might Not Even Know You Have.
At each stage of the fluid dispensing process, ambient temperature changes affect the viscosity and the resulting quality of your process. Your process may be automated and your supplier provides consistent batches, but temperature change is constant. There’s no getting around temperature change, but the costs associated with it are avoidable. Our technology controls temperature and viscosity right at the point of application – the last step in the process – eliminating the variables that begin at the pump. The result is consistency of application, reduction of costly wastes, and improvement in quality.
Our clients agree that this groundbreaking technology changed the game for their processes:
We reported increased stability in striation patterns when applying PVC to aluminum to create a woodgrain finish. We reported significant reductions in color match issues as a result of consistent film build.
Alsco
We can report reduced “ropiness” when applying Polyester to steel resulting in a finish that looks sprayed rather than rolled, a 75% reduction in solvent pop due to reduced solvent addition, a 100% reduction in solvents added to primers and backers, and a 60% reduction in solvents added to finish coats. This was the easiest capital project implementation that we’ve ever done!
Ron Hurst of Steelscape
Our system provided the biggest bang for the buck of any capital project so far!
Jay Michae of Ternium
Our solvent use was reduced by 80% - 100%.
Ternium Shreveport
At Valspar, we formulate our paints to run under a variety of different conditions and process variables. One of the primary variables is the paint temperature, which can vary from 40℉ to 100℉ based on the conditions at the coil coating facility. This wide swing temperature can play havoc with both paint viscosity and application setup. Having consistent and targeted paint temperature removes this process variable and its effect from the equation. Additionally, having consistent paint temperature ensures optimal (minimal) usage of expensive reducing solvents to attain the desired viscosity and applied paint film thickness.
Kent Hatch of Valspar Corporation
Being able to control the temperature within a narrow range as paint is being used can be very beneficial. The most obvious benefit is a reduced amount of solvent usage. This is not only more economical for the coater but also reduces the environmental impact and health risks to their employees. Reducing the amount of solvent added (provides) additional benefit to the performance of the paint being used. The two major benefits are: Reduced possibility of having solvent popping or blistering problems. The addition of too much solvent to certain paints or certain colors of paints may cause color shifts or gloss changes and by reducing the aount that needs to be added this can be avoided.
Herald Cales of Akzo-Nobel
As part of our ongoing continuous improvement plan at Roush, we decided to take a more aggressive approach to our temperature control in the paint shop. The resulting quality improvement was immediately noted and helped drive our FTC (First Time Capability) up and sustain it where we needed it to be.