Operations:
Line 1 - 4 Stage Prime & Top Coats - Chihuahua, Mexico (PFG de Mexico)
Line 2 - 4 Stage Prime & Top Coats - Warren, MI (JML Painting)
Line 3 - 2 Stage Top Coats - Warren, MI (JML Painting)
Line 4 - Autophoretic®
800 Series - Chesterfield, MI
Line 5 - Autophoretic®
900 Series - Chesterfield, MI
Line 6 – 4 Stage Prime & Topcoat – Queretaro, Mexico
Line 7 – 4 Stage Prime & Topcoat – Kendallville, Indiana
In 2001 the Hi-Tech Coatings division purchased 2 new state-of-the-art dip and drain lines. These lines were installed
at PFG de Mexico in Chihuahua and at our Warren, MI plant in 2001. Both lines are identical featuring a primer dip tank,
prime cure oven, top coat dip tank and curing oven. In 2004 PFG purchased two more new Dip/Drain lines.
Also in 2001 Hi-Tech Coatings purchased Applied Tech Industries (ATI). ATI has two Autophoretic® plants which
utilize a dip/drain process that chemically bonds the coating to the part uniformly. Autophoretic® coating will be discussed
in its own section on this website.
In 2002 Hi-Tech Coatings designed, built, and installed a fifth dip/drain line for specific and delicate coating applications.
This line utilizes magnets in lieu of racks.
Applications:
This type of coating is very cost effective since the transfer of the coating is in the high nineties percentile. This application is more labor intensive than dip/spinning but less labor intensive than spray coating.
The dip/drain process works very well on parts that can be completely submerged in the coating. This process also works well on parts that require only partial coating; wherein the coating level in the tanks can be adjusted up or down to coat only a portion of the part.
The dip/drain process is suitable for the following type of parts:
Parts too big to dip/spin.
Parts too fragile to dip/spin.
Parts which need to be reached in such a way so as to avoid air pockets.
Partial coating parts to avoid costly making and spray coating.
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