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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.
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(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.
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(Below) By popular demand, Spray Tech's man-door now includes a full-length glass panel. Note the tidy fire suppression system installation.
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(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. |
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.
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(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.
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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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. |  |
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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.
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(Above) The refurbished workspace provides plenty of room to move around while refinishing bumpers. |
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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. |
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