Case Study
Seasonal Variations Cause Issues With Solvent Packaging And Flash Times
Seasonal variations caused issues with solvent packages and flash times for a customer’s pretreatment process. Our experts leveraged their knowledge and experience to develop a solution that reduced cycle time and increased production output.
Industry
Agriculture
Product
Pretreatment
Location
Illinois, United States
Problem
An agricultural equipment manufacturer was experiencing delay times due to frequent changes in weather, which were causing solvent packaging and flash time to change almost every day, impacting production times
Action
The CPI Solution Squad developed summer and winter solvent packaging, designed to address weather specific conditions. The Squad also added a pretreatment process that used a wet-on-wet application that eliminated the need to use the oven after the primer.
Result
The customer experienced less production line downtime and was able to increase production output.