Finishing & Screen Printing
MetoKote Delivers Technological Flexibility in a Small-footprint E-Coat System
Thursday 04. November 2010 - MetoKote Corporation announced today its latest innovation in e-coat technology - mikroKote. MetoKote has developed a game-changing coating system for component suppliers and metal stampers of small- to medium-size parts by configuring standard equipment to minimize space while maximizing customization, efficiency, flexibility, and portability.
“mikroKote was designed specifically to deliver the latest e-coat capabilities in an economical and compact package,” said Brent Schwartz MetoKote’s vice president of engineering. “We deliberately set out to create a coating system that is flexible in its configuration and process technologies so manufacturers who have always wanted to consider an in-house e-coat system but thought they couldn’t afford it, didn’t have room for it, or lacked the in-house expertise to run it, now have a practical solution for consideration.”
The 2,000 square feet, 13-stage, 350-gallon tank system includes wastewater treatment and is customizable to run specific pre-treatments, a broad range of e-coat or autophoretic paint, low-cure coatings, and multiple colors. Poly vinyl chloride (PVC) pumps, a 100-amp rectifier, and a fully-adjustable oven which can run off of natural gas or liquid propane – a critical need when facing challenging overseas utility constraints — can be configured with over 40 standard options.
Multi filtration, manual or automated indexing, chemistry and process sequence order, such as iron or zinc phosphate, and other pre or post treatments can be adjusted to meet individual needs. mikroKote allows a manufacturer to select their unique options for today’s coating needs with built-in modularity and flexibility to economically re-configure or adjust the system in the future.
The system accommodates parts within a window of 18 inches by 36 inches by 36 inches and a load bar capacity of 150 pounds.
“From start to finish the equipment takes less than twelve weeks time to build, in country, in any region of the world, and maximum two weeks time to install, debug, and have parts running,” added Schwartz. “And when mikroKote is sourced through MetoKote’s InSite model, it can be bundled with the coating industry’s most advanced inventory tracking software and remote process monitoring technology for the optimum in sequencing and performance.”