How painting automation reduces hazards

Paint­ing automa­tion is one appli­ca­tion that has been wide­ly auto­mat­ed in fac­to­ries through­out the world. By automat­ing the paint­ing appli­ca­tion, man­u­fac­tur­ers save time and mon­ey on their process­es, while pro­duc­ing a high-qual­i­ty product.

How­ev­er, those are not the only advan­tages to switch­ing from man­u­al to auto­mat­ed paint­ing processes.

Anoth­er rea­son to switch is the health and well-being of the work­ers that work in close con­tact with the paint­ing appli­ca­tion. Paints are made with a vari­ety of sol­vents, chem­i­cals and volatile com­pounds that emit fumes when being applied. These fumes can cause sev­er­al dif­fer­ent health prob­lems for work­ers who come in con­tact with them.

Man­u­al painters can devel­op skin prob­lems, res­pi­ra­to­ry prob­lems and issues with the brain that can lead to can­cer and dam­age to the cen­tral ner­vous sys­tem – all because they came into too close of con­tact with the fumes giv­en off by the paint. Auto­mat­ed paint­ing to can reduce the expo­sure, putting work­ers behind the robots and out of harm’s way.

These fumes also can con­t­a­m­i­nate foods and bev­er­ages that are near a man­u­al paint­ing worker’s area. When work­ers lat­er ingest these foods and bev­er­ages, the chem­i­cals can then enter the body via the diges­tive sys­tem – yet anoth­er rea­son why it is bet­ter to auto­mate paint­ing systems.

While the fumes are bad for the body, there are oth­er risks to work­ers as well. Indus­tri­al paints are flam­ma­ble sub­stances that can pose a fire risk to work­ers. Through paint automa­tion, work­ers are kept clear of this haz­ard, along with the fumes that it may cause.

Robots​.com has sev­er­al paint­ing robots avail­able for cus­tomiza­tion and pur­chase. These robots are able to work in all kinds of harsh envi­ron­ments, and paint fumes and chem­i­cals are not a haz­ard to their health.

For more infor­ma­tion about automat­ing your paint­ing process with Robots​.com, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.