Paint & Coatings Industry - January 2009 - (Page 42)

Cleaning Up in the Coating Business A giant in the industrial-construction coating business, Henry Company optimizes production, minimizes labor and mess with a self-cleaning filter that virtually eliminates production stoppage due to filter cleaning and blocking. A Four bolts had to be unscrewed, the houss a world leader in special ing dropped down and held, while 40 lbs. of industrial coatings and oversize asphalt contaminant was poured emulsions and the largest into a bucket for reuse in another mix North American manufacprocess. Finally, the unit had to be reasturer of roof coatings and sembled. The filter cleaning and changing cements, Henry Company is no stranger to process was messy, requiring the use of success, thanks to its focus on making cusprotective coverall suits and the tomers’ jobs easier. For instance, spreading of splashguards on to prevent contractor downtime the floor. on home or commercial jobsites To streamline production, due to clogged spray nozzles, the clean up the work environment company proactively filters its and enhance employee morale, asphalt-based roof, foundation Baker decided to conduct a oneand construction surface spray week trial of a state-of-the-art, products to remove contamiself-cleaning capable Eco Filnants up to three times smaller ter system from Russell Finex. than the tip of the sprayer. Since the self-cleaning Russell While the company traditionEco Filter® system integrates ally filtered its asphalt-based coating products with a metal directly into the pipeline, it elimblade-style filter, it saw room inates labor-intensive manual for improvement, particularly cleaning tasks such as changing on the process and production filter bags or cleaning filtration side. “Our system filtered adebaskets. The filter element is kept quately, but was an aggravation continuously clean via a unique to work with,” says Rick Baker, spiral wiper design, ensuring Henry Company’s Director of optimum filtration efficiency. Engineering. Production botBecause of its design, cleaning tlenecks occurred twice a day the filter between batch runs is Since the Self-Cleaning Russell Eco Filter® system when two operators took up to integrates directly into the pipeline, it eliminates quick and easy with minimal an hour to clean or change the labor-intensive manual cleaning tasks such as disruption during production filter screen between batches. changing filter bags or cleaning filtration baskets. changeovers. Additionally, a By Del Williams | Technical Writer, Torrance, CA 42 JANUARY 2009 | W W W . P C I M A G . C O M http://WWW.PCIMAG.COM

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Paint & Coatings Industry - January 2009 Contents Viewpoint Industry News Calendar of Events Company News Names in the News Synthesis of an Eco-Friendly, General-Purpose Binder Based on Agro-Waste Materials Supplier Showcases – Green Technology Federal R&D Tax Credit Program Helps Coatings Industry in Tight Economy New Generation of Silica-Encapsulated, Ultramarine Blue High-Performance Pigments Cleaning Up in the Coating Business Low-Odor, VOC-Free Renewable Coalescents for Latexes Used in Very Low-VOC Paints Materials Watch Products Classifieds Advertiser Index

Paint & Coatings Industry - January 2009

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