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8 Steps To Designing a Finishing System That Eliminates Bottlenecks in Your Production Line

In modern manufacturing, finishing is often the last major step before products ship—but it’s also one of the most common sources of production bottlenecks. When finishing systems aren’t engineered for throughput, consistency, and workflow efficiency, the entire operation slows down. Missed deadlines, quality issues, and increased labor costs follow. A well‑designed finishing system does more than apply coatings. It becomes a synchronized part of your production line—moving parts smoothly, maintaining environmental control, and ensuring predictable output. Here’s how to design a finishing system that eliminates bottlenecks and keeps your production running at full speed. 1. Start With a Workflow Analysis, Not Equipment Selection Most bottlenecks don’t originate in the paint booth or the oven—they come from upstream or downstream workflow issues. A proper finishing system design begins with: Part mix and size variability Daily and peak throughput requirements Cycle times for each finishing stage Material handling constraints Labor availability and skill level Mapping the entire workflow reveals where parts slow down, queue, or require manual intervention. Only then can you design a system that removes friction instead of adding complexity. 2. [...]

Dawn Denby2026-07-14T14:21:54-04:00July 14th, 2026|Finishing Systems|Comments Off

Heavy-Duty Equipment Manufacturers Provide Exceptional Exterior Protection With Industrial Coatings

To meet the demands of harsh environments, large equipment manufacturers use powder coating to protect their products. Powder Coating offers exceptional durability, flexibility, and resistance to chemicals, corrosion, and impact. However, manufacturers must use the right powder coating products, and that means coatings that are tested and meet stringent specifications. But that’s not all, they must also apply them properly. Pretreatment To achieve the best results from a powder coated finish, the receiving surface must be thoroughly cleaned. It should be free of dust, oil, rust, old paint or other coatings. Any contaminant left on the surface will affect the powder’s adhesion and durability. Production Systems offers pretreatment systems, including sanding and grinding booths and parts washers, all designed to properly prepare the machine surface for the coating process. Production Systems also offers industrial ovens for those instances where drying is needed from a wash station or when a specific temperature needs to be met. Application For effective application of a powder coating, a powder spray gun system that’s made specifically for this finish is needed. The powder is blown [...]

Dawn Denby2025-12-09T13:23:31-05:00March 10th, 2025|Finishing Systems|Comments Off

The Benefits of Investing in High Quality Custom Finishing Systems for Wood, Metals and Plastics

Investing in custom finishing systems for wood, metal or plastic products offers unique advantages that you won't get from standard, general purpose configurations. Read on to find out why a custom solution from Production Systems is worth the investment! Flexibility. There are no limitations when constructing a custom paint booth. Based on your finishing requirements, you determine what is and is not needed. Some items to consider are booth height & length, how much lighting is required, inside access lighting requirements, what style doors will be installed (bi-fold, trifold or drive-thru doors), rear exhaust location, air make-up units needed, and number of HEPA filters required. Improved Productivity and Efficiency. Investing in custom finishing systems can help you save time and money – giving you more time to focus on other aspects of your project. Custom-made finishing systems also boast higher levels of efficiency than standard systems, as they are tailored to give you exactly what you need to complete the job correctly and efficiently. In some cases, this increased productivity can even translate into cost savings! At Production Systems, we [...]

Dawn Denby2023-05-25T15:32:46-04:00February 7th, 2023|Finishing Systems|Comments Off

Levels of Automation in Finishing Systems

Automated finishing systems enhance the quality of the finished products by consistently providing the same finishing touches to each component of your product line. These systems are used by all major coating technologies, including liquid, powder, electrocoat, anodizing, and plating. Increasingly, finishing systems are being built with expanded automation capabilities. This automation creates greater efficiency, flexibility, and scalability, making operations smoother and more cost effective. There are basically 5 levels of automation with regards to Automated Finishing Systems: Most conveyorized finishing systems are at the hardwired control level. This level provides very little automation, and these systems tend to be older models. They are notoriously built to be very robust and durable but offer very little flexibility due to the lack of automation. The first level of automation begins at the Mimic Pane level. This level provides a small level of automation and most of the troubleshooting can be performed by most electricians. It still requires a great deal of operator intervention. This type of automated finishing system is uncommon due to the cost to design and build it. At [...]

Dawn Denby2022-12-06T12:46:48-05:00December 6th, 2022|Finishing Systems|Comments Off