In March 2004, faced with poor scrubber design, the constant threat of exhaust stack particulate emissions, and the need to improve overall spray booth system efficiency, ASC's Eric Boewe, plant manager, and Stephen Coleman, manufacturing engineering manager, weighed the risks of installing a new scrubber design - one that incorporated unproven technology. Because ASC had worked with Omnichem in the past, Boewe and Coleman trusted the company's recommendation of a new scrubber from TI Technologies, Detroit, Mich. The scrubber uses Ti Matrix technology, which is dependent on a very low speed labyrinth mechanism to capture virtually 100 percent of the paint overspray and relies on the booth water chemistry to constantly cleanse the same.
By the end of the first production shift with the new system in place, Boewe and Coleman committed to the installation of a second booth on the following weekend.