PPG OptiGuard helps OEM to reduce time, costs and other maintenance challenges associated with cleaning paint shop equipment.
The coatings manufacturer PPG has recently rebranded its LineGuard series in OptiGuard, advanced coatings solutions developed to help automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM), tier suppliers and industrial customers to reduce the time, cost, risk and environmental impact associated with cleaning the paint shop equipment.
The new name aligns the offering with the global PPG Optima Solutions™ product and service portfolio. The range features a variety of technologies for mass-production paint shop environments, including durable, insulative and non-stick coatings that simplify the cleaning of vehicle carriers, racks, jigs, floor grids and other equipment.
Paint shops usually need to regularly pull equipment from the production plant in order to remove contaminant build-up. In many cases, the thoroughly cleaning of the equipment requires time-intensive and costly spray blasting using extremely high-water pressures, burning and/or chemical cleaning materials.
OptiGuard resists the build-up of coatings, chemicals, grease, dirt and other contaminants, making it easy to keep equipment clean and avoid unnecessary downtime. As a matter of fact, the non-stick properties enable to reduce the number cleaning cycles by up to 75%, leading to significant savings in labour, materials, energy, water and waste filtration and removal. The rebranded series includes specialised high-strength polymer and solvent-free epoxy coatings ideally suited for topcoat carriers, paint booth racks, electrocoat hangars, floor grids and any equipment commonly exposed to high-temperature ovens.
“PPG OptiGuard solutions help businesses reduce operating costs, increase process efficiency, improve quality, better protect their employees and manage their environmental footprints. These innovative turnkey solutions demonstrate our commitment to provide unsurpassed expertise and value at multiple levels of the businesses of our customers,” has stated Anne-Sybil Bragadir, the director of PPG Optima Solutions.