Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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Office of Technical Assistance and Technology |
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Boston, MA 02114 Phone: 617.626.1060 Fax: 617.626.1095 |
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STAR®(Spray Technique Analysis & Research) PROGRAM:
Optimize transfer efficiency and reduce overspray. Reduce pollution and paint
waste.
Program Overview:
The STAR® training center offers training for automotive technicians, industrial
painters, and students studying to become spray technicians. The participants
gain experience, through individual, hands-on training using a laser guided
spray gun.
The Training:
Through a day-long training, which features interactive exercises such as videotaping
each technician's current spray painting technique, participants will learn:
At the conclusion of the training, each participant will complete a spray painting exercise using the techniques they have learned. Certificates of completion will be awarded.
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Enroll Today! The STAR Program training center is located at the Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton, Massachusetts. The training center is the first of its kind in the Commonwealth. To enroll, contact the instructor: Jeremy Guay |
The Technology:
The STAR® training program was developed by the Iowa Waste Reduction Center
to decrease material consumption, increase transfer efficiency, and reduce overspray
during manual spraying operations. The LaserTouch™, which can be used in
conjunction with HVLP spray equipment, is designed to provide technicians with
a "real-time" means of assessing and improving their spray technique and performance.
Using a split laser beam image, the spray gun provides the operator with a visual
indication of gun-to-part distance, gun angle, and targeting.
The LaserTouch™ also aids the painter in targeting the edges of the part being coated, tracing intricate sections of the part, and tracking previous passes to ensure the proper overlap. This results in improved transfer efficiency, reduced known VOC and particulate emissions, paint consumption, waste disposal, material costs, and spray booth maintenance.
The Results:
STAR® trainees using the LaserTouch™ have shown improvements in maintaining
a consistent spray distance, proper gun angle, uniform coating thickness, and
transfer efficiency. The improvements can be attributed to both the basin training
in spray paint technique and the LaserTouch™ technology. The initial class
of trainees at the STAR® center realized a reduction of 33% in their paint
consumption at the end of the training session.
| Trainees indicated that they were comfortable using the LaserTouch™ after one day of use and would recommend LaserTouch™ to other technicians. |
Using the LaserTouch™ technology did not change the finish quality, uniformity, or overall product quality - in some instances the painting quality improved.
Links:
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
- STAR®
LaserTouch™ & Technologies
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