Design and fabrication of automated powder coating system

Abstract

In metal coating, powder coating is one of the important operations. Powder coating is a kind of solid coating without any solvent. This paper presents the design and fabrication of automatic powder coating system. The main purpose of this study is to upgrade the powder coating process with fully automated 3 axis moving machine and to reduce the usage of volatile organic compounds thus reducing the environmental impacts of the process. Metal detector is used to detect the presence of the object to be coated in the system. The motor, Spray gun, wheels and pneumatic valve are used in this system. A 3D model of the system is done using Solidworks to visualize the final outcome of the project. The main advantage of this system is that it decreases the manual labour and production time thus increasing production rate.