A.       Schafer Powder Coating

Schafer Powder Coating is a custom coater who has recently installed new powder coating system.  They

powder coat small to large production runs for customers.  At this facility, you’ll see a 6-stage stainless steel

washer with a RO halo followed by 5 minutes in a gas-fired dryoff oven.  The powder application area

includes new lean cell booths with quick-color change and Nordson Prodigy powder guns.  Two powder

booths are housed in a large environmental room and a batch booth is used for color change requirements. 

The system profile is 48” wide x 84” high and the 3” I-beam conveyor is designed to run up to 9 fpm.  The

system can handle parts as large as 72" x 36" x 144".  Some important upgrades appear on this system:  a

special insulation package for increased energy efficiency was added to the washer; the controls unit has an

upgraded PC package; there is a VFD on the washer motors; a special stand alone conveyor loop and a

rack change area between the load and unload stations.

B.        Schulte Corporation

On this tour you will have the opportunity to view Schulte’s finishing operations for the manufacture of ventilated wire shelving storage systems.   This plant, built in 2005, has two powder coating lines, each with over 700 feet of overhead monorail conveyor with forty four, 13’ long load bars on each.  Each line consists of a 3-stage iron phosphate pretreatment system, a high velocity blow off and a low velocity heated dry off.  The powder booths are equipped with a sixteen and an eight Optitronix powder guns and gun drawers from ITW Gema. A 1200kW electric medium wavelength infrared curing oven rounds out the systems.  Both lines are computer controlled and have touch screen interfaces for control of all process parameters.  Additionally, a fluidized bed burn-off system is employed for hanger maintenance on a “hook less hanger” from by Magic Rack.  Schulte’s 653,000 sq ft facility dedicates more than half of the space to manufacturing and the remainder to distribution.