Now In Our 32nd Year!


Automotive lifts and racks, frame racks, compressors and air lines, dust and exhaust removal systems; Installation, repair and preventive maintenance

Automotive and commercial paint booths; paint curing systems; energy-efficient heaters for shop or factory

Used shop equipment

Shop planning, design, permit packages, construction coordination, financing proposals


Pre-engineered steel buildings


 Past Projects: Commercial/Industrial Shops
 
Young Electric Sign Company
Salt Lake City, Utah



In June 2009, YESCO moved to its 104,000 square-foot building on Gramercy Road, leaving its former location of 60 years. The newly constructed facility, designed for lean manufacturing, incorporates state-of-the-art equipment and air flow technologies.

(Below) The new Spray Tech letters booth is 30'H x 14'W x 9'H and leads into the attached mix room.



Items not pictured are a second, free-standing mix room and three Energy Saver Coolcell evaporative coolers on the booths' intake ducts, which provide summertime temperature control for painting.

Click to enlarge


(Above) This clean and quiet compressor room houses two Mattei rotary vane units, a 400 gallon storage tank and a Belair air dryer. The 40 hp Optima with variable speed/variable output provides the main air supply for the entire factory. A 25 hp back-up or "finish" compressor stands in ready reserve, for a huge total air capacity when needed.


New equipment included this Spray Tech/Mercury truck booth, 40'L x 16'W x 18'H. Note the bright T-8 energy-efficient fluorescent lights and in-floor pit for true downdraft air flow. The booth incorporates the overhead beam for transport of signs along the paint line.



(Above) The outside of the 40' booth, with transport beam.

Click to enlarge


(Below) By popular demand, Spray Tech's man-door now includes a full-length glass panel. Note the tidy fire suppression system installation.

(Below) A Binks booth from the former location was moved and remodeled, so all three booths now have downdraft technology. Maximum energy efficiency is made possible by Variable Frequency Drives. 80% of heated air is recirculated during the cure cycle.



(Below) Spray Tech's new streamlined control panel--on all three booths--combines all-digital technology with an intuitive user interface.


(Left) Enlarge this photo to see two of the facility's most critical elements. Five Thermo-Cycler heaters are installed around the building's perimeter to capture and heat cold air that comes in through loading doors. They collect "waste" heat trapped at the ceiling of this 39' tall building before using purchased heat, then quietly rotate heated air to floor-level areas for worker comfort.

Mounted in the ceiling are two of three installed Thermo Mixers, which are not heaters. These determine how much outside air (up to 10,000 CFM each) is brought in and mixed with the building's warm air to replace exhausted air. In combination with Thermo-Cyclers, this system saves the end user up to 50% of the energy that would be consumed by using traditional methods of heating and air turnover.



Mountain Cabinetry
Heber City, Utah



This February 2010 project was made possible by supplying a used DeVilbiss booth that met the customer's budget requirements.

(Below) While many cabinet shops opt for open face booths, this customer upgraded to a filter door booth to keep sawdust out of paint jobs.

Click to enlarge

(Above) Inside of the booth, 12' L x 13' W x 8' H. Future plans call for a comfort heating air make-up system.
(Below) The externally mounted fan minimizes noise in the paint shop.
(Below) The alternative method of ducting out the side of the building avoided steeply pitched rafters while extending the required 6 ft above the roof.

(Below) Roof-mounted snow guards and a cricket protect the ductwork from sliding snow.



Young Electric Sign Company
St George, Utah



Completed in May 2008, YESCO's new electric sign manufacturing plant replaced an existing facility serving its Las Vegas operation.




(Above) Two Mattei 515L 20 HP rotary vane air compressors in a stacked configuration supply the air for the entire factory.

Click to enlarge

With limited space, this installation was like building a ship in a bottle. In the above photo, the booth on the left is a used booth 60'L X 16'W X 16'H. It was upgraded with new Spray Tech variable frequency drive, dual exhaust fans and a new Mercury heated air make-up system with cure cycle.

The middle booth is a new Kayco downdraft booth with a new Spray Tech mix room behind it that provides access to all three booths. The Mercury air make-up on top of this booth actually heats the 60' X 16' X 18' Spray Tech booth on the right. That booth is surrounded by a steel cage that supports the I beam hanging the length of the ceiling inside the booth.

All three booths have Energy Saver Coolcell evaporative coolers on the intake ducts.
Pictured below is the inside of the Spray Tech booth, a pressurized cross-draft with cure cycle. Note the yellow chain hoists on the overhead beam for supporting billboard-sized signs. The hoists are electrically locked out with the booth controls during the spray cycle. Product doors are custom-made to ceiling height with a notch-out for the I beam.



(Below) Inside of the Kayco downdraft booth, sign lettering is painted on stands. The double-wide pit grating and full-filtered ceiling provide optimum air flow. Horizontal side wall lights prevent the painter's body from blocking light.




Excel Boats
Mountain View, Arkansas



Located at the foot of the Ozarks, the company makes fishing and duck hunting boats. The previous facility, destroyed by a tornado, was replaced with this newly constructed factory in 2009.

The president of Excel also owns
Mud Buddy Motors of West Jordan, Utah, which is the motor supplier for Excel.

Click to enlarge


(Above) Two roof-mounted Bananza air make-up units provide 2 million BTUs each for fast curing of paint jobs. There is an impressive array of ductwork to handle air flows.
The project featured two Rely-On closed-top, open-faced industrial spray booths in an end-to-end configuration. (Below) An overhead rail, which extends through the entire factory, has a "Y" connector at the entrance to the first booth, allowing two rows of small boats or one long boat to be run through the paint area.

Click to enlarge


An installation crew from Rely-On Spray Booths teamed up with us on the project. (Below) Careful placement of ducts was required to work around support beams.

(Above) A versatile and well-lit workspace is created inside the booth.

(Below) Booth ends and a staging area between the two booths are enclosed by curtain walls.



Before being painted, aluminum boats must be acid washed, so a drainage system was designed. In the photo below, note the Goff's Curtain Walls and Rubber Form bumpers that prevent acid from reaching other work areas.

Click to enlarge



Ace Fab and Welding
Ogden, Utah



In its beautiful new building, this manufacturer makes rollback dumpsters of all sizes.
The project included a used Spray Systems semi-downdraft paint booth. An Infratech infrared curing system allows pre-heating of the metal before painting and curing cycles.


Click to enlarge.


The custom 12-foot high door allows the user to drive dumpsters into the booth with a forklift.



Coca Cola Vending Refurbishing Shop
Draper, Utah

This shop needed to solve a dust problem in the painting environment.
The Eurovac shop vacuum system is a great solution. The console (right) occupies little shop space. We removed the door to the cabinet so it wouldn't look like a juice vending machine. The powerful turbine (below) sucks dust into the filtration and storage receptacle. Dust is stopped at its source, where technicians are sanding or grinding (below right). Attachments fit virtually all brands of tools.






Auto Craft
Salt Lake City, Utah


The owner of this fabricating shop is shown here with a staff member. The company paints automotive bumpers and does custom finishing of golf drivers.

(Above) Refurbished in 2005, this is a 15-year-old DeVilbiss car paint booth, with generous new lighting added. (Below) Notice the plenum of the "booster" heater mounted on top of the booth. See where the plenum connets with the custom door scoops to direct superheated air into the booth.


(Above) The refurbished workspace provides plenty of room to move around while refinishing bumpers.


Geffs Manufacturing
Pocatello, Idaho


The owner of this manufacturing operation relocated the business into former warehouse space built during WWII.

Geffs makes rock chip spreaders for freeway construction and resurfacing. The project required a booth big enough to allow equipment to drive in. (Above, below and right) We supplied a refurbished truck booth 20'W x 18'H x 55'L.


Two Atlas Copco rotary screw compressors provide enough air for the shop.





Image Auto Sales
Draper, Utah

Formerly The Plastic Connection, this car sales business continues to utilize equipment installed for the previous owner.
This project started out as a custom-built open-face paint booth for jet skis at another location. It evolved into the current configuration with filtered doors in four stages. It is now large enough to accommodate a touring bus for repair and painting.



(800) 660-2029 or (801) 292-2224
Companies to help you create the perfect shop.
What's New | About Us | Our Services | Contact Us | Home
©Copyright 2003, DFM, Inc. All rights reserved.