Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda has developed the Honda Smart Ecological Paint (Honda S.E. Paint) process at its Yorii Plant at Saitama Factory in Japan.
The new painting technology is claimed to reduce the middle coating process from a common 4-coat/3-bake auto body painting to a 3-coat/2-bake water-based painting process.
In addition, the company also plans to introduce a wall-mounted paint robot system with an in-built quick load / quick wash paint tank.
The combined use of the paint and robot will increase painting efficiency while reducing usage of paint materials, decreasing the number of process by 40% and emitting 40% less CO2.
Along with the paint and robotic technology the company also plans to adopt various technologies and start production with an energy saving plant.