P painting booths with a water curtain - this is perhaps the most advanced design option for painting systems. Equipment of this type is used for painting large-sized products, including car bodies, or individual body parts, various furniture structures, etc.
Any spray booth is based on the fact that air moves inside the system, which carries with it mist from the paint, which evenly settles on the surface to be painted. And if in a traditional paint booth there is a possibility that harmful substances or paint particles will come out of the chamber, then in chambers with a water curtain the paint particles are retained by water. Moreover, water molecules bind molecules of harmful volatile substances, which are found in excess inside the paint booth.
Thus, hitting harmful substances into the surrounding atmosphere is sharply reduced. But you can't say that water curtain provides a complete guarantee that the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere is completely excluded.
In addition, there are chambers that operate in a partially closed air movement cycle. In this situation, it turns out that the air that has already been in the chamber enters it in the next cycle. And if it is not sufficiently cleaned before reuse, paint particles that have already begun to polymerize will enter the chamber along with the air. And this can significantly affect the final quality of the coating. And the water curtain, which can have different designs, traps paint residues.
How do water curtain spray booths work?
The principle of operation of a waterproof spray booth is very similar to traditional spray booths. Air is sucked from the atmosphere into confined space cameras. Air is sucked in due to the operation of the fan. The air enters through a system of filters, each of which provides a certain level of purification. The smaller the holes in the filter material, the finer the cleaning.
During the painting stage, the air heats up when passing through special heating elements. The temperature in the chamber begins to rise.
There are exit holes at the bottom of the spray booth. Moreover, they can be located in different places in the chamber (depending on the hole). Through these holes, due to the operation of suction fans, air leaves the confined space of the chamber. And it is in front of the main line, which works to remove air from the chamber, that water curtains are installed, which can also have a different design. Essentially, the air mixed with paint that comes out of the chamber passes through a thin wall of water. And all suspended particles remain in this water.
The water curtain can be considered as a water filter. Although there are options when the air does not pass through a wall of water, but through a special container with water. In this case, solid particles gradually accumulate at the bottom of the container, which then fall out as sediment to the bottom of the container.
In order to activate the process of binding harmful substances in the air with water, a special reagent is added to the container, which is a catalyst for chemical reaction cleaning.
The most advanced water curtain spray booths support multiple levels of air purification. The first level is when the air passes through the frontal water curtain. Flow water is coming a solid wall, and the speed of water movement is the same all the time. Water covers the entire surface of the front part of the curtain.
At the second level there is a more subtle air purification from paint particles. This is the so-called internal cleaning level. According to experts, it is at this stage that the most complete purification of the air from paint impurities occurs.
The finest cleaning occurs on final filters, which can be made on the basis of hydrocarbon technologies (carbon filters) or dry filters, which are made on a different basis. Here literally all remaining paint particles are removed. This protects the fan blades from paint residues sticking to them.
Painting booth with a water curtain»>An excellent business solution is to paint cars at home. But in order to be able to paint cars, there is little experience and equipment for painting, you also need to have a room in which the painting will be done vehicles. Organizations that paint cars have long carried out painting work in a chamber with a water curtain. It is no secret that such a device can be made with your own hands, only by making some efforts and spending a small amount of money to purchase some equipment. You can buy a ready-made one, but its cost will be very high, and not everyone is ready to invest a large amount. In order to make a device with a water curtain with your own hands, you will also need some knowledge.
A spray booth with a water curtain is a closed room made of stainless steel and has supply and exhaust ventilation. This ventilation is created using electric motors. The main part of the device is a heating element, which helps heat the room to the required temperature and maintain it during painting work. The chamber also includes lighting, which must be distributed evenly over the entire area and have sufficient luminous flux. It is best to place them not only on the ceiling of the room, but also on the side walls. The device also includes equipment for painting work and other auxiliary tools.
Layout of the painting booth
Knowing what the paint booth consists of, you need to decide on the location where the arrangement will be made, and make a project according to the location of the main structural elements. An excellent location for the construction of the device can be a garage, or build a new extension, which will take more time and, accordingly, finances. To make a device with your own hands, you will need structural elements from which it will be based, heating and ventilation systems, filtration and lighting.
Diagram of a spray booth with a water curtain
Making a painting booth
Having made the layout, it is necessary to carry out all technical calculations and begin installation work.
First of all, a new room is built or a frame is assembled inside the garage. The overall dimensions should be: length 10 meters, width 8 meters, height 3.5 meters. The painting booth has the following dimensions: 4 meters wide and 6 meters long.
- Gate installation.
It is best to use insulated gates to avoid suction and loss of warm air; the outside is lined with corrugated sheeting. At the point of contact between the gates, it is insulated with a special adhesive tape. Places with cracks must be foamed with foam. - Floor construction. The base of the floor is made of concrete, inside which a hole is made, and a metal pipe with a diameter of 150 mm is led out onto the street for air outflow. A metal grate is placed on the floor over the entire surface of the room to a height of 15-20 cm.
- Walls. The walls are sheathed with corrugated sheets, and the inside is insulated; sandwich panels can be made.
- Air exchange system. Components: two electric motors and metal pipes with diameters of 100 mm and 150 mm respectively. For supply ventilation An electric motor with a power of 5 kW is used, for an exhaust motor at least 7 kW.
- Ceiling. It is made of corrugated board, with insulation. Ceiling mounted metal frame for air flow. An electric heater that will supply warm air indoors, installed outdoors.
- Gate installation.
- Air purification. It is carried out using filters and has three-level cleaning.
- Level 1 A frontal water curtain is created, which is carried out by flowing down uniform streams of water;
- Level 2. Cleaning the air inside the device. Promotes filtration and purification of air from paint waste;
- Level 3. Dry filtration. Helps to completely clean the air from paint particles and protects the fan from paint sticking.
- Lighting. Mounted LED or fluorescent lamps along the ceiling and walls of the room.
Also installed automatic sensors management and control of the system of supply and exhaust fans and filters.
After installing everything necessary for the water chamber, painting equipment is installed.
How the work is carried out
An electric heater pumps air from the atmosphere into a confined space in a room. As the air passes through the system, it is purified by filters, each of which provides a specific purification.
The temperature in the room rises due to the work of the heating elements. The painting process begins. Down on the floor, air begins to be sucked out of the chamber, using exhaust fan. Water curtains are installed in front of the main line, which help retain paint particles. Here the air goes through all three levels of purification, if these are pre-installed. Cameras with a water curtain and factory production work on the same principle.
Positive aspects of a DIY device
- Free system planning.
- Big savings.
- Possibility to save on all components.
- Ability to use the main parts of the structure.
Disadvantages of the device
- There may be inaccuracies in calculations or imperfections in the installation of the device.
- It is not possible to completely automate the process, since the elements of the device consist of separate parts.
- There are no guarantees for the performance of such a device.
Price
The cost of constructing a water curtain chamber with your own hands can take a long time, but it will cost about $4,000. You can buy a factory one for $20,000 or more. To start a business, the best option There is a construction with your own hands, which is much more profitable for a start-up business.
The use of spray booths with a water curtain allows you to improve the quality of finishing and eliminate the influence of harmful substances on humans and the environment, which is determined by various factors related to the size of the products being painted, the volume and type of sprayed material, the duration of use of paint booths, and safety requirements environment, labor costs. For all cases, you can select the appropriate spray booth with a frontal suction system with water filtration, which ensures the sedimentation of solid particles. In this case, the product must be located between the operator and the active camera curtain. When choosing a stand, it is necessary to evaluate the size of the product being painted and the need to use a booth for the simultaneous work of several operators.
Distinctive characteristics:
- The camera is the leader in sales in Russia in this segment, occupying more than 40% of the market.
- Having everything you need technical parameters, painting booths have a price that is 15-20% lower than their analogues.
- They have all the necessary certificates for use in the Russian Federation.
- Long experience in operating this equipment in the Russian Federation (the first deliveries were made more than 5 years ago) indicates the high quality of the metal and the low level of corrosion of the components.
- Optimal design chamber allows in the future to aggregate it with air injection and filtration systems to upgrade it into an overpressure chamber.
- The constant availability of equipment in the warehouse and all necessary spare parts allows you to immediately begin operating this type of equipment and minimize the risks associated with its downtime.
- A wide product range allows you to select it most optimally depending on the width of the product being processed, or (if the product is much smaller than the width of the chamber) to use it simultaneously when working with several operators.
- To automate the painting process, the painting booth can be supplied with an automatic workpiece feeding conveyor (optional), which increases productivity by 2-3 times.
Basic equipment of the DF spray booth
Price of a spray booth with pump Composition of the spray booth:
- supporting structure of the chamber, made of galvanized sheet metal.
- adapter flange for mounting the fan on the roof of the chamber
- a set of special dry filters for the aspiration unit.
- drainage type hydraulic pump.
- hydraulic pump engine (Italy).
- connecting pipes and components for water circulation inside the chamber.
- frontal water curtain.
- a small raised settling vessel located at the bottom of the chamber.
- fluorescent lamp – 2 pieces
- Electrical control panel
- Supply voltage 380V/3/50Hz.
- set of installation equipment.
- electrical equipment in special design
- further connection is provided external system air injection
The camera can be supplied with or without a fan. You can use your own fan of similar airflow capacity.
Compound: air aspiration unit with brass deflectors and standard motor (Italy)
- Rear wall of cascade type – maximum spreading of water, i.e. no splashing.
- Possibility of adaptation to room dimensions and non-standard design.
- Fast delivery time - no more than a month.
- Constant availability of all components in stock - instant replacement in case of failure - increased warranty.
- Best prices on the market.
Convenient replacement of dry filters located above the water curtain.
The ability to quickly clean the camera in an easily accessible manner, since the rear bottom part opens like a car hood.
A special drainage pump in a special design that allows you to work even with water with large clumps of paint.
Powerful explosion-proof fan, i.e. you can work at a distance of 0.5 meters from working area cabins, 100% capture of all paint vapors, preventing water dust from entering the product, the operator can work even without a mask. Even if you spray paint with a nozzle down from a meter height, the paint does not reach the floor and is completely caught by the water stand.
Operating principle of water cabins:
With the help of a fan installed on the roof of the chamber, a vacuum is created, which ensures air suction; with the help of a water curtain (item 1), solid paint pigments are deposited. Water rinsing and additional dry filtration (D) allow aerosols to be captured and deposited in the collection bath. The pump (item 2) circulates water through the baths (A, B, C), the overflow from which forms water curtains. Some versions have two additional side curtains to optimize the first stage of filtration. The chamber consists of galvanized metal panels connected to each other by bolts. Side panels and partitions are load-bearing, mounted on the roof centrifugal fan. Execution in various modifications: only a suction front, a suction front with additional walls and an extended roof, plus lower baths equipped with a grate, and there are also two height options. For fine cleaning chemical composition air, it is recommended to use a self-contained KARB coal installation.
Accessories for water spray booths available on request:
- Increase in engine power from 3 to 4 hp
- Explosion-proof engine Italy
- Active floor (depth 280 mm, width – 1120 mm)
- Side water curtains (for 2 pcs)
- Freestanding water filtration unit (not required as standard)
- Lamp version IP 55
- Version without roof, discount
- Version without side walls, discount for each
- Explosion and fireproof design of the control panel “Standard-Eco” model
- “Ecological” option (additional water curtain)
- Increase in working depth from 1.22 m to 1.5 m
- Increase in working depth from 1.22 m to 2 m
Technical specifications of the DF water curtain spray booth
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External dimensions: |
2 600 |
3 100 |
4 100 |
4 400 |
4 600 |
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Dimensions of the chamber disassembled for transportation, mm: |
2600mm |
3100mm |
4100mm |
4400mm |
4600mm |
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Fan dimensions, m |
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 m |
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 m |
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 m |
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 m |
Spray booth with water curtain mod. W3000 is designed for:
ApplicationsThe W3000 water curtain spray booth is successfully used for painting metal, glass, wood, plastic and products made from them. The range of painted products is very wide:
Operating principleSome of the paint and varnish material sprayed by the painter does not fall on the product. At the same time, fine dust from the quick-drying components of the varnish is formed in the air - dust, which, thanks to the painting booth is removed from the working area by an air flow parallel to the floor. A significant part of the varnish dust is deposited on the water curtain (up to 85%). Additional filtration systems (optional) - a labyrinth of barrier panels that repeatedly change the direction of air flow, as well as quick-release cassettes with an inexpensive replaceable element - a fiberglass filter - allow achieving a degree of purification from solid particles of up to 99%. A “side effect” of using water in the filtration system is the absorption of solvents when the chamber begins to operate. After the water is saturated with solvent molecules, the absorption of “odors” stops, and the illusion of their filtration disappears. Basic equipment
Prefabricated body and settling tank made of galvanized steel with a large number of longitudinal, transverse and vertical stiffeners. Provides durability and reduced vibration during operation. Double cascade of water curtains. The front curtains of both cascades (those through which water flows) have a quick-release design. Thanks to this, not only is full access to the interior of the chamber for maintenance possible, but it also makes it technically possible to narrow the gap between the lower edge of the curtain and the water in the bathtub located below. For the upper cascade, this is the bath of the lower cascade, and for the lower cascade, this is the settling bath. This design has a number of advantages, the main ones being: Additional options
Explosion-proof exhaust fan. Explosion-proof design, with an explosion-proof motor (optional - with a general industrial motor or not explosion-proof). 1a- Fan with a wafer-type supporting body. Thanks to the installation of additional amplifiers through a rubber gasket directly on the roof of the chamber and the placement of additional amplifiers in the fan installation area, vibration resulting from clogging of the fan blades during intensive operation of the spray booth is minimized. The fan motor together with the impeller is completely removed from the housing. To do this, you do not need to caulk the air ducts or disconnect the electric motor from electrical network etc. This fan design minimizes maintenance time. 1b- Fan with supporting frame. The fan can be installed in any convenient location, incl. outdoors, and is connected to the chamber by an air duct (the air duct is excluded from the supply). The design provides the ability to remove the motor together with the impeller from the fan housing without caulking the air ducts. This ensures ease of maintenance and minimizes technological downtime of the painting chamber. Additional air filtration devices The combined use of devices allows achieving a degree of solid particle removal of up to 99%. 2a- A labyrinth of barrier panels that repeatedly change the direction of air flow. At the same time they are additional diagonal stiffeners. Recommended for installation when placing the fan on the roof of the chamber. 2b- Quick-release filter cassettes with an inexpensive replaceable element - a fiberglass filter. Electrical control panel 3a- Shield in a plastic case with automatic switches– for placement outside the hazardous area 3b- Shield in a metal case with on/off/emergency shutdown buttons – for placement outside the hazardous area. Explosion-proof fluorescent two-lamp lamp, 2x36W. The lamp is supplied with 2 lamps. Increasing the depth of the working area by 500 mm Set of two side panels and a roof panel. Water floor The water floor bath is integral with the settling bath of the paint booth and has a height of 300 mm from the workshop floor level. Thus, no gangways are required, making it easier for the operator to move around. The large volume of water filling the bath makes it possible to increase the interval for cleaning paint and varnish materials from accumulated sludge, reducing process downtime. Galvanized gratings covering the water floor can withstand a footprint load of at least 200 kg and 450 kg/m2. Let's figure out what types of chambers there are for painting furniture parts. Depending on how many and what sizes the parts will be painted, what paint and varnish materials you will use, the required one is selected spray booth. 2.
Spray booth with dry filtersDue to its design, when painting in a dry spray booth, excess paint mist and contaminated air are removed from the paint application area, while cleaning it. All this works when correct selection fan What happens when using a spray booth with dry filters?When operating a dry spray booth, the following processes occur:
How is air filtered in a dry spray booth?The air flow, which is contaminated with paint and varnish products, with the help of a fan moves by inertia into the opening of the chamber where it is installed one or two filters.
Spray booth with water curtainA spray booth with a water curtain ensures maximum cleanliness and dust removal in the painting area. All this allows you to create ideal conditions for obtaining a high-quality glossy paint finish. The frontal water curtain captures paint mist, and the air flow created by the fan additionally draws in contaminated air.
What happens when a spray booth operates with a water curtain?When operating a water spray booth, the following processes occur:
How to care for a spray booth with a water curtain?The first thing to do when operating a chamber with a water curtain is replacing the water. They change it depending on the degree of contamination in the cabin. How quickly the chamber gets dirty depends both on the intensity of painting, that is, how much paintwork is applied per shift, and on the paint guns used. For spray guns with a low material transfer coefficient, a lot of paint is spent on fogging, which means more paint settles in the cabin. If the water is dirty, it will be less able to capture paint mist and dust. How do you clean water from paint in a spray booth with a water curtain?In small factories, water is simply poured into the sewer, which is basically impossible, and the accumulated paint at the bottom is scooped out with shovels and other available means. “Advanced” companies use coagulants and a collection of paint waste to remove paint. The addition of a coagulant allows the paint to turn into flocs, which precipitate or float to the surface as flakes. Flakes are removed manually or using a waste collector. How is air purified in a spray booth with a water curtain?Water spray booths have three levels of air purification from paint:
Water chamber design diagramsDifferent manufacturers of spray booths have different filtration systems; for example, here are several diagrams of water spray booths.
Example of a paint booth from furniture productionHere are photos of a paint booth that were taken during a tour at a real operating enterprise. |