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CASE HISTORY:
Aeromechanical conveyor helps make a smooth
paint fi lm binder
A company successfully installs an aeromechanical conveyor to
automate part of its paint fi lm production process.
An operator can easily move the mobile aeromechanical conveyor onto a fl oor scale located near a mixing vessel.
Soliant LLC, Lancaster, S.C., produces thermo-form-
able color-matched paint fi lms for use on exterior OEM
automotive parts, such as bumpers and trim pieces.
The company color-matches the paint fi lms to an au-
tomobile's original color standard. They then sends the
paint fi lms to other companies that thermo-form or in-
jection-mold the automotive parts and apply the paint
fi lms to the parts. In one production step, the company
was experiencing problems manually adding a powder
ingredient into a mixing vessel. Because of this, the
company worked with an aeromechanical conveyor
supplier to automate the ingredient addition process.
