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I thought the Camaro plant was pretty interesting. Just curious about something. They stated they electrically charge the body, charge the paint, and it adheres to the body. While the paint robots were busy on a red car, there was another set of robots spraying the next car (on the conveyor) a bright yellow. Is this new technology for GM, where cars of completely different colors are sprayed within a few feet of each other, and is this technically a powdercoat?
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Powder primer has been in use in some plants for several years, but the basecoat and clearcoat are liquid (the basecoat is waterborne and clearcoat is 2-component solvent-borne). All are applied electrostatically, from bells that are spinning at 20,000 rpm, not from spray guns.
Nothing unusual about one color following a different color - has been done for decades, although batching colors is done where feasible; final assembly option/work content is still the primary scheduling consideration.
