When Hytech Processing needed to coat a run of high-end automotive brake calipers that required a specific finish pattern and a fast turnaround, the company turned to custom masks. Supplied as a masking kit, the die-cut masks substantially reduced the mask application time, eliminating the company’s production bottleneck and allowing the brake caliper job to be completed within the specified timeframe.
The mask application time per brake caliper dropped from 15 minutes to 1-2 minutes, eliminating the job’s most significant production bottleneck.
“In fact, once we saw how effective Shercon’s masking kit was on our line, we ordered a year’s supply,” says Graves.
Graves mentioned that he’d never used a custom mask solution before. However, he notes, “I’m certainly going to look a lot closer at the jobs as they come in. The savings in time and productivity were huge, and they far outweighed the costs of the mask.”
In addition to the productivity benefits, Graves outlined the following ancillary benefits of the custom die-cut masking kit: