Material suppliers are developing new coating technologies at a rapid rate, environnmtal concerns and compliance regulations are in a constant state of escalating revisions, Added to this “sea of change” is a new view of quality and sourcing competitiveness with customers and our own organizations. Shop Floor experiments with a customers job will no longer be tolerated. The paper will attempt to show the most cfflcient and rational decision process flow to equip the coating operation in assignments it might receive. A brief explanation of each factor on the “Why?” and “How?” are provided for many of the factors.
Keywords: Application Systems, Application Equipment, Fluid Delivery, System Controls, Coating Equipment