MAIN CONVEYOR OVERVIEW
JIT Powder Coating’s Main line conveyor system is 850 feet. It is rated for 75 lbs per foot giving JIT one of the longest, heaviest conveyor systems in the Twin City area.
The part window size is 5 ft x 3 ft by 11 ft ((H x W x L) . The line speed ranges from 6 to 12 FPM with an average line speed 8 FPM. The average line speed results in a process cycle time (1st part on to 1st part off) of ~ 2 hours.
JIT Main Line Powder Coating System
Installed in 2016, JIT Powder Coating’s Main line conveyor system uses a GEMA Magic system for coating parts. This system includes 8 automatic spray guns and optional manual touch up before and after the automatics. Our color change time is ~12 minutes. The GEMA Magic booth is cyclone style reclaim system allowing JIT to economically recover over sprayed paint for any production run last 60 minutes.
JIT Main Line Curing System
JIT Powder Coating Main line conveyor system incorporates a convection oven to cure the applied powder coating paint. With nearly 250 linear feet of conveyor line inside the oven, JIT has over 30 minutes of cure time at its average line speed of 8 FPM. This allows JIT to cure parts by reaching metal temperature for parts that have substantial mass.
JIT Main Line QC and Packaging
Every part on JIT Powder Coating’s Main line conveyor system is visually inspected prior to packaging. Additional QC tests are performed on each batch of parts for critical parameters such as film thickness, color and gloss. (See QC section for more details)
Parts are packaged per customer request using a variety of packaging materials (foam, paper, bags) and returned in containers or on pallets as received. Packaged parts are reviewed on final time when loaded to insure the finish parts will not be damaged in transportation.