Tools USA and Paint-Booths will be attending FABTECH 2010. FABTECH is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding event with over 1,000 exhibiting companies.
FABTECH Location
FABTECH 2010
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
November 2-4, 2010
www.fabtechexpo.com
New NESHAP 6-H RULE – Paint Stripping and Various Spraying Operations
The National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) is the air quality division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NESHAP defined new air quality requirements for surface coating and paint stripping operations in 2008. It becomes enforceable at the end of 2010. This new rule defines a form that has to be submitted for new or modified spray and stripping operations for vehicles and mobile equipment. The forms and requirements are available on-line through your local EPA office at www.epa.gov. Continue reading
Have you every built a deck, a table or a fence only to find out that you wasted 30, 40, or even 50% of the material purchased due to poor planning and design?
Standard Tools and Equipment Co. has been making collision repair equipment, spray booths and dust collectors since 1979. We have refined our processes and equipment to result in a waste level of only 7%. Scrap steel is sent back to the mill to be processed into new steel; scrap wood is ground up by a recycler for use in chipboard products; and hazardous wastes are processed by federal government-approved waste handlers.
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Tools USA now offers financing on a paint booth, frame machine or multi item purchases! To take advantage of our new program, please call 800-451-2425.
To be approved for the financing, qualified customers must meet the following criteria: 1. located in EST zone, 2. acceptable credit, 3. agree to ACH monthly drafts, 4. minimum of 40% down payment, and 5. must finance $3000 which would require an order of $5000.
Financing rates will be between 10-14% with 24, 36, and 48 month lease options with a $1 buy-out.
In response to new materials, processes and requirements, Standard Tools & Equipment is constantly working on new products including: spray booths, frame machines, dust collectors, and all types of accessories. We are a lean, direct supplier with the ability to respond quickly to new demands and we always welcome any type of input from our product users.
At Standard Tools & Equipment our business is based on fulfilling the needs of our customers. Our customers work hands-on in the world of collision repair, painting, powder coating, and other industries. They are some of the most creative and knowledgeable people in their fields. Everyday they experience new materials, processes, and challenges.
If you are in need of a special product or have any suggestions, please contact our sales or engineering staff. Standard Tools & Equipment greatly appreciates your input and we look forward to exceeding your expectations.
Standard Tools & Equipment
800.451.2425
Many finishers are selecting waterborne paints due to increasingly stringent
EPA regulations which limit VOC emissions. These finishes are complex coatings that paint companies have been developing for years. Major paint companies have technical staff that can provide the specific details about their products.
Standard Tools & Equipment has worked with many paint manufacturers and researched numerous industry publications to develop the following strategy:
- Contact your paint supplier for current and specific spraying and curing information.
- Make sure that your spray booth provides adequate, clean air and filtration.
- For spraying a complete vehicle:
- For spot-spraying, use an AquaDri unit to provide air disturbance to the area just coated. The curing process of waterborne paint creates a layer of
high humidity/low airflow right above the coated surface. The AquaDri unit disrupts this shell of air, which provides fresh air to the surface and greatly expedites the flash-off and curing process.
Waterborne paint should be allowed to harden prior to final assembly or reworking (grinding or sanding). The hardening of waterborne paint requires 24-hours or very expensive ultrasonic equipment that is rarely useful to most painters. The solution provided above will meet the requirements for most shops and most waterborne paint materials.
AD-500
AquaDri
• Six – 2” directional spouts
• Size 12” x 12” x 84”, 88” tall on stand
• 1300 linear feet per minute of air flow at each spout
• 110V, .27A, UL and cUL recognized Dayton fan
• Intake air filtered with 2” thick, easy-to-replace filter
• Stand allows vertical or horizontal use at 3 heights
• Stand included
• Ultra-quiet operation
• Powder coated
• Made in the USA
For more information on the AquaDri unit
Contact Kelly Goudy at
Standard Tools & Equipment
kellyg@standardtool.com
336.697.7717 | 800.451.2425
A recent posting by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) stated that the 2006 Combustible Dust Hazard Safety publication reported 281 major dust explosions with a total of 119 deaths and 718 injuries from 1980 to 2003. These incidents were due to the combustion of accumulated dust, unsafe dust mixtures, and other similar causes. Following this report there have been at least two explosions involving casualties. One explosion occurred at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, and another at a plastic molding plant in Kinston, North Carolina. To help prevent such industrial disasters, the NFPA is currently revising their combustible dust safety standards including NFPA-654 and NFPA-664. The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that combustibility information on all dusts encountered in a workplace be accessible to employees.
It is the employer’s responsibility to determine and apply the best methods to ensure safety in the workplace. These methods should include informing employees of the different types of dust materials present and how they are controlled. Standard Tools & Equipment provides products to aid in the management of powder coating, sanding/prepping, and woodworking. Our spray booths can be used for collecting sanding/prepping wastes and powder coat overspray. We also manufacture cyclone dust collectors that can be used to control dust, chips, and shavings created in woodworking operations. The cyclone dust collectors are best suited for small-to-medium shops, or for a limited number of machines in a larger shop. Using small collectors in a large shop reduces noise and energy consumption, as well as allowing more flexibility in shop layout.
For more information regarding combustible dust and workplace requirements contact OSHA.
Please contact Standard Tools & Equipment Co. at 1-800-451-2425 for pricing or product information.
Today there is an increased awareness of protecting our environment from hazardous emissions and waste. Everyone is ‘Going Green’ to reduce these environmental pollutants. All types of companies are expected to address this matter, including firms operating spray booths. Spray booth operations can reduce waste in one of two manners: a dramatic overhaul of the entire process or incremental improvements.
Dramatic overhauls are expensive because they typically require intensive planning and resources. By focusing on the materials and equipment companies also bypass an opportunity to improve their employees and business processes. Production is almost always impacted during a change of this type and often afterwards. Even with an overhaul companies should not assume that all wastes will be eliminated.
Incremental improvements can be made in a manner that does not upset the production of a shop. These improvements can be started immediately and scheduled with available resources, government incentives, and production requirements taken into account. This is the process recommended by the Tools USA specialists.
Example of an Incremental Plan:
These steps require only a small investment and create a good foundation for future conversion to powder coating or waterborne paints and equipment. A shop that understands and addresses existing issues with incremental improvements will recover investments for major changes more quickly than a shop that makes only a dramatic change.
Please contact Kelly Goudy or the technical staff at Tools USA if you have questions about ‘Going Green’ with your spray booth operation.
At Tools USA we routinely get requests for spray booths to be used on a conveyer line. Usually we will offer two opposed open-face booths or one of our designs with cutouts in the side walls. We have even made a spray booth to run lengthwise in order for the operator to stop/start the line when getting parts in and out of the DTD booth. Tools USA now offers a new booth style that mimics a larger-scale pass-thru booth using our SDD-1000 and pressurized intake.
Pass-Thru Side-Down Draft Spray Booth (PTSDD-1000)
(shown with conveyer and parts simulated)
For further information contact Kelly Goudy at Tools USA
Phone: 1-800-451-2425
Email: KellyG@standardtool.com
Tools USA has a new in-house leasing program for spray booths, frame machines, or multiple item purchases. To qualify, a prospect must meet the following criteria:
Customers will be able to choose 24, 36, or 48 month lease options. Tools USA rates will run between 10 and 14%. All leases will be $1 buy-out financing leases.
The minimum financed after down payment is $3,000 (original price of item or items will be $5000).
An application can be requested by calling 1-800-451-2425.
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