Owner
Saturn Corporation
Services
- HVAC
- Piping
- Plumbing
- Sheet metal
- Temperature controls
INDUSTRIAL & PROCESS
Saturn
Paint Circulation, Mix Room
Spring Hill, TN
We worked continuously in Saturn’s Spring Hill, Tenn., plant since construction began in 1987, and have since built a new office and fabrication shop, and as well as a paint refurbishment program.
The Saturn paint shop, located in the Body Systems building in the spectacular Saturn auto assembly complex, boasts a unique waterborne paint system. U.S. Engineering was awarded the paint circulation and mix room contract, which included installing over 40 miles of 304 stainless steel piping and tubing.
The 304 stainless was used for the mains and sub-mains for prime, paint, clear coat, solvents, hot water, adhesion and miscellaneous systems, as well as installing paint application equipment, robots, bells, color changers, mix tanks, pumps, low shear regulators, heat exchangers, automatic pilot panels, and air operation panels for controls. All piping in the system had to be passivated with D.I. water and acid mix.
The Saturn paint system was one of the first major facilities to use the environmentally friendly waterborne paint. U.S. Engineering used orbital welding (automatic fusion welding) equipment for the piping mains.