Customer: Kenworth Truck Company
Location: Chillicothe, Ohio
Product: Heavy-Duty Truck
Program Highlights:
- First new US PACCAR paint shop in over 40 years
- Integrated into the existing paint shop seamlessly with no change in existing carrier design
- Provides 30% increase in production capability with only 108,000 sq. ft. of paint shop
- Two levels of production area housed under a single roof
- Patented GIFFIN ELITE™ scrubber technology with a 25% reduction in overall energy usage per truck
- Quality improvements that limit rework
- LED lighting throughout for improved illumination and cost effectiveness
- Positive pressurized facility to eliminate infiltration of outside dirt rendering the entire paint shop a ‘clean zone’
- Interior noise abatement optimized to allow for integrating equipment into production areas
- First US PACCAR facility to utilize turbo bells for paint application
- Conveyor tilt stations prevent water carryout of entrapped washer water, eliminating water cause defects. A first in the truck industry
- Extensive use of GiffinGARD clean tunnel that encloses the trucks from the cleaning stages to spray booths
- Expansion provisions adapted into design for future paint shop growth
- Full skid tacking capability
- Paint delivery with pig systems to minimize paint waste and allow for infinite color options
