Taikisha - i-Dry Scrubber Cardboard Filter Dry Paint Booth
Taikisha USA offers our unique horizontal cardboard filter underbooth technology, used to capture paint mist overspray. A paint booth can utilize one of three main types of scrubbers: Dry Filter (i-Dry): There are several varieties of dry filter booth, depending on the amount of paint to be sprayed in that zone. A heavy-use dry filter spraybooth may feature up to three different layers of paint capture filters, starting with large-gap paper filters, next using a fiber-based bag filter or pocket filter, and finally utilizing a 99% HEPA filter to catch the finest particulates. Dry filter booths are the simplest type of paint spray booth, but they are susceptible to clogging quickly if the paint applicator has a low transfer efficiency (lots of overspray).
- Limestone Dry Scrubber (DrySpin): A recent development in paint spraybooth scrubber technology, the dry booth features a limestone-based paint capture system. The super fine limestone power mixes with the wet paint overspray and then collects on a 99.9% effective filter. Periodic pulses of air will knock the limestone/paint mixture off the filter and down into a collection hopper. The primary advantage of the dry booth type of paint booth is the reduced humidity during recirculation of air. This requires less reconditioning of the air (a little cooling only) and saves significant energy.
- Wet Scrubber: the most common type of scrubber, it utilizes a flooded water pan underneath the spray zone to capture paint overspray mists. The water catches the paint particulate and conveys it to a paint sludge treatment area. The underbooth section includes a mist eliminator as well, which separates the water/sludge mixture from the air stream. Historically, most high-production paint spray booths have used wet scrubbers either with a wet wall or a wet flood sheet capture. TKS offers many varieties of wet scrubbers, including Taikisha`s newest S1-type wet scrubber, first installed in 2019.
Nearly all paint booths use a paint robot to apply the paint to the vehicle. Most robot zones will heavily recirculate the air to save energy by reconditioning less air. A recirculation or recycle air supply house (RASH) is used, with a portion of the air (10-20%) being exhausted: sent to a thermal oxidizer or VOC abatement equipment. Fresh air is provided to make up the 10-20% exhausted.
Currently in use at:
- Honda: Eight (8) Installations
- Toyota: Twelve (12) Installations
- Nissan: Nine (9) Installations
- Kia: Two (2) Booths
- Subaru: Two (2) Paint Booths.
- Mazda: One paint booth installation.
- Harley Davidson: Two (2) booth/oven projects.
- The Boeing Company: One (1) booth project
- Heartland & Chiyoda: Three (3) booth projects.
- Peterbilt: One (1) booth project.
- Navistar: One (1) booth project.
- EV OEM: One (1) booth project.
Robots / Applicators
Taikisha USA offers a variety of paint robots, including Fanuc, ABB, Kawasaki, Motoman, and several paint applicators, such as Sames bells and applicators. Taikisha also offers robot programming and path teaching via our subsidiary companies.
Clean room between paint booths
The clean room is located parallel to the paint booths, allowing access to paint circulation, robotics, paint cabinets, color change modules, and purge pots.
Heated Flash-off Tunnels between Paint Spray Zones
In a 3-wet paint process, the prime, base, and clear coat paint layers are applied without a full cure oven in between. A short heated flash-off (HFO) tunnel is used in between the paint booth zones to flash off the liquid solvents in the top layer of the paint so the paint layers do not intermix. Parts are then cooled before the next spray zone.
Dry Spray Booth
Taikisha offers several different varieties of dry scrubber paint booths including dry filter, cardboard, limestone, upright filter, horizontal filter, and more. These dry scrubber paint booth systems has been installed at paint shop plants in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Fully automated limestone powder load/unload
The limestone used in the under booth scrubber system is fully automated: pneumatically conveyed from an outside silo with fresh limestone power, via piping to the underbooth`s fresh powder hopper. Once the limestone powder is spent, it`s again pneumatically conveyed to another outside silo with spent powder, to await pick-up for recycling.
Taikisha USA Dry Filter Booth Disposable Filters
The Taikisha USA Dry Filter booth uses three sets of paper and fiber filters to capture the paint overspray and particulate. These filters may be recycled via a waste-energy program, burning the cardboard and the paint solvents to power an electric turbine. The dry filter scrubber system reduces the number of moving parts vs a traditional wet booth or limestone booth, so there`s fewer pieces that can break.
Automated Feather Duster System
Encore Automation offers a top-of-the-line automated feather duster system at the entrance of the coating booths. We source and assemble the ostrich feather rolls in-house to ensure quality. The automated feather dusters are equipped with a vacuum system to pull off any debris, dust, or dirt picked up - allowing for continual operation without any maintenance needed.
Inspection Booth
Taikisha USA offers a paint surface inspection booth with high-intensity, color changing LED lighting for optimal defect detection. Taikisha also offers ergonomic wood floors for inspector comfort.