SOUTHFIELD, MI — The EcoProBooth from Dürr opens up new perspectives in spray booth technology for car manufacturers. With its modular box concept, independent lines and the combination of interior and exterior painting in a single box, it reportedly provides a degree of scalability and flexibility previously only possible for small-scale series. However, this is not the only way it meets essential requirements for future production. With its new booth concept, Dürr also addresses the critical topic of energy efficiency. Compared to current line concepts with dry separation, the EcoProBooth promises to reduce energy consumption by around 40% and carbon emissions. For the many existing systems that will continue to operate with wet scrubbing, the savings will increase to 75%.
EcoProBooth boxes can transform individual painting lines into an efficient and flexible painting environment. The example of a primerless process clearly illustrates this. In this case, an integrated paint process (IPP) for 60 jobs per hour (eight zones for base coat and six zones for clear coat, traditionally split between two rigid lines with 30 jobs per hour each) became five parallel EcoProBooth lines. Each features one position for all base coat applications and one for all clear coat applications. Fourteen zones became 10 boxes. Each line can be individually controlled and brought online or offline as needed.