We are proud to provide the design and manufacturing of paint booths for Palm Harbor Homes production facility.
Addressing the rising demand for high-quality, affordable manufactured homes, CAVCO Industries, Inc. came to RTT Engineered Solutions to assist with the expansion project of the Palm Harbor Homes production facility in Ft. Worth, Texas. The new 22,400 square foot building features a custom designed RTT open top paint booth.
The Palm Harbor Homes paint booth location in their existing space did not meet OSHA or NFPA-33 code. Over the course of the early design phase, it became apparent that a new building was going to be the best course of action, where RTT could custom design the paint booths to fit not only the space, but the increase in demand for the Palm Harbor Homes products.
Creativity in the paint booth design was required as the frames would need to be lifted into place with an overhead crane and lowered into the spray area. This was due to the layout of manufacturing and the actual size of the product, resulting in a pressurized open top booth.
When designing spray booths around a customer’s manufacturing process and part geometries, it is not always as simple as buying a standard ‘cookie cutter’ booth. RTT Finishing Solutions steps ahead of the competition by offering custom, one-off solutions designed specifically for each customer’s needs. These paint booths now meet the latest NFPA and OSHA codes, featuring full 26,000 CFM input air and 26,000 CFM filtered exhaust.
The timing of this expansion to our production footprint could not be better. At a time when demand for our homes is very high, this addition increases our production capacity, improves working conditions, and strengthens our ability to respond to changing customer trends.
Over the last few years, the manufactured home industry has seen customer demand for tape-and-texture home production increase. This expansion provides the basis to allow tape-and-texture production at the facility to increase significantly by adding six work stations to the production line, as well as include time needed for hand-laid floor tile. Logistically, this will also favorably allow for wall-set, rough-wire, back-panel and cabinet-set to be completed prior to roof-set.
These six additional stations for traditional tape-and-texture walls and ceilings will be a real game-changer toward addressing inefficiencies and improving our overall working environment. Our plant will benefit from increased output, less rework, improved drying times, fewer delays, and fewer defects while helping create a highly efficient and employee-friendly workplace.
