Saint Clair Systems Inc

We can report reduced “ropiness” when applying Polyester to steel resulting in a finish that looks sprayed rather than rolled, a 75% reduction in solvent pop due to reduced solvent addition, a 100% reduction in solvents added to primers and backers, and a 60% reduction in solvents added to finish coats. This was the easiest capital project implementation that we’ve ever done!Manually monitoring, measuring, and adjusting a material’s viscosity using a flow cup and stopwatch create unacceptable ranges of process variability due to crises-based dosing. However, once a fully automated control system is implemented, precise adjustments instantaneously take place reducing process variability by 97 percent.As part of our ongoing continuous improvement plan at Roush, we decided to take a more aggressive approach to our temperature control in the paint shop. The resulting quality improvement was immediately noted and helped drive our FTC (First Time Capability) up and sustain it where we...