Honda developing environmentally friendly paint
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. announced the development of a new painting system more efficient and environmentally friendly, named 'Smart Ecological Paint Honda (Honda SE Paint)'. Honda Smart Ecological Systems Paint can speed up the painting process by eliminating the middle plating (middle coat) without compromising the final quality of the painting.
Conventional paint systems used today consists of 4 coating process (4 coat / 3 bake) consisting of electrodeposit coat, middle coat, water-based coat, and clear coat, and require three times the drying system (bake). In conventional systems, eliminating the middle coat resulting in limited colors that can be used for painting.
To overcome this, Honda developed a high efficient material as basic dyes used in the final coating. These materials also can produce any color you want to use in the process of painting the car's exterior, while reducing the process of painting into three layers and two drying.
Besides Honda Ecological Paint Smart, at the same time Honda also developed a new robotic painting system named Wall-Mounted Paint Robot System. The system is supported by the technology built-in quick load / quick wash paint tank that aims to improve the efficiency of the painting, and reduce the amount of paint by 40% compared to conventional painting process.
As a result, the amount of CO2 generated during the painting process would be reduced by 40%.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will begin introducing this new technology in Yorii Plant at Saitama Factory in Japan, which is scheduled to begin operating in July 2013. Yorri Plant will begin production as factories are energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
