Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for its customer BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 production. This ultra-modern plant featuring the first integrated smart factory concept from Dürr in the world is being built at the San Luis Potosi site.
Dürr is supplying the complete paint shop, from pretreatment (PT) and electrocoating (EC) through to the spray booths with application technology to the ovens. The waste water treatment plant, the installations for the complete deionization system of the water (DI plant), and the shop ventilation are also included in the scope of services being provided by Dürr. The respective processes are designed around the consistent integration of smart solutions.
In the first stage, the paint shop is being designed for a capacity of 30 vehicles per hour, with the option to increase the throughput to twice this capacity later. Only the PT/EC area is designed for 60 vehicles per hour from the outset. BMW will use its tried-and-tested, fully automatic IPP (Integrated Paint Process) in this plant, which eliminates the primer and therefore also a drying phase.
In terms of the paint shop layout, Dürr relies on a simple industrial building without any intermediate levels in conjunction with multi-functional body stores with high-bay storage technology at the BMW Group site. This concept offers the advantage of sorting the vehicles with elective access, which eliminates the need for an additional painted body store of the conventional type.