SEHON Paint Booths: Professional Spot Repair

SEHON Paint Booths: Professional Spot Repair

The German spray booth manufacturer Sehon offers various equipped workstations and options for professional spot repair. The company also provides tips on how shops can improve their marketing.

According to Sehon, approximately 80% of all minor damage can be repaired using the spot repair method. For many potential customers, the environmental argument that spot repair follows the principle of “repair instead of replace” is decisive. Given the current geopolitical situation and rising spare parts prices, it should not be overlooked that customers want to save money and are looking for cost-effective repair methods such as spot repair.

Spot Repair with the Multi-Speed-Master

The Multi-Speed-Master (MSM) is a patented professional workstation from Sehon specifically developed for minor damage repair. It is a modular spot repair system whose size and equipment can be adapted to the repair of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, buses, and rail vehicles.

Vehicle preparation as well as the painting and drying process take place directly at the spot repair workstation. Time-consuming maneuvering is eliminated. Most importantly, however, the cost-intensive use of spray booths and dryers can be avoided for minor damage repairs or maintenance work. This saves energy, time, and costs.

The MSM requires only minimal space (from 7 × 4 m for passenger cars) and can therefore be retrofitted in most shops. The low supply and exhaust air requirements as well as drying by IR or UV guarantee minimal energy costs.

Spot Repair with the SE-Multistar Multifunction Booth

The SE-Multistar multifunction spray booth from Sehon is a true all-rounder for professional spot repair. Compared to the retrofittable Multi-Speed-Master, multifunction booths are planned from the outset in the workflow “dryer – traditional spray booth – masking – multifunction booth for minor damage,” particularly for new construction, conversions, and expansions.

This system configuration is chosen by shop owners who operate professional minor damage repair as a separate business area. This allows them to integrate the spot repair workstation optimally and efficiently into their operational vehicle routing.

Universal Preparation Stations

The universal preparation stations from Sehon for vehicle preparation can also be used for spot repair. They comply with BG regulations and are generally equipped with the required supply and exhaust air technology. They are typically equipped with vehicle lifts and are available as underfloor or overfloor variants. Infrared or UV drying systems are used for spot repair.

Marketing Tips

Sehon market research regularly analyzes the websites of German body and paint shops, including on the topic of “spot repair.” Over 90% of shops offer this repair method. However:

  • Very few homepages explain in detail what advantages spot repair offers for end customers.
  • Shops often confuse the terms spot repair and smart repair. When smart repair is mentioned but spot repair is meant, end customers cannot find the shop when searching on Google.
  • Many shops talk about spot repair on their homepage but forget important keywords and descriptions such as “minor damage repair,” “repair small damage,” or “repair damage cost-effectively.” This is another obstacle to being found perfectly on Google.
  • The argument “repair instead of replace” is hardly emphasized (environmental protection, sustainability).

Safety

Tiemo Sehon refers to the safety requirements for spot repair, universal, and multifunction workstations and booths: “Technical and safety standards, regulations, and guidelines must also be observed for these workstations. These include supply and exhaust air, explosion protection, and workplace safety. Those who know us know that legal requirements are always met with our systems. This is not guaranteed with all offers available on the market. Customers are on the safe side with us.”

Author: Michael Teschke | Photo: SEHON.

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Sehon Paint Finishing Systems: Maximum Performance

Anyone investing in paint finishing systems needs a powerful and experienced manufacturer with perfect products. With its motto “Individuality instead of Standard,” Sehon is now one of the leading companies in the industry.

Tiemo Sehon sums up his company’s success: “Paint shops looking for new construction, conversion, retrofit, or modernization need a tailor-made, comprehensive package from a single source. Customers like to buy from Sehon because they can benefit from a unique, all-round carefree package with us.”

Consulting

With over 40 years of experience, Sehon is one of the most renowned and experienced manufacturers of paint finishing systems.

Long before the actual purchase of a paint finishing system, paint shops require answers to questions concerning management, standards and regulations, financing, funding, building planning, energy saving, sustainability, workflows, safety, and after-sales service.

“We support our customers in every project phase and for as long as they operate our systems,” explains Tiemo Sehon. “So we’re not talking about days, weeks, or months here, but many years of cooperation.”

Transparency

At Sehon, great importance is placed on transparency, figures, data, and facts. Even before their purchase decision, the manufacturer provides its customers with a detailed, written profitability calculation. “Our life-cycle cost calculations are so precise that they are often used as financing documents for banks or for applying for subsidies,” explains the managing partner.

Sehon sees a further advantage in the open handling of realized customer projects. Reference lists can be requested at the company headquarters or viewed on the Sehon homepage.

From a Single Source

“It is very important for our customers that we, as a full-range supplier, provide everything from a single source and work holistically,” says Tiemo Sehon. “Instead of working with many individual trades and suppliers, our customers have a central point of contact in us. This significantly relieves our customers. We take responsibility, guarantee successful project implementation, and ensure maximum customer satisfaction.”

Detailed Planning

For planning, Sehon relies on its own design department. In close cooperation with the customer as the builder, as well as with architects and engineers, it develops, calculates, plans, and documents the elaborated requirements down to the last detail.

Processes and Workflow

Paint shops must operate with high efficiency. Therefore, during new construction and modernization, particular attention is paid to lean and perfectly coordinated processes. The results of the workflow analysis are incorporated into the planning and product selection.

Energy Saving

Sehon’s paint finishing systems are a unique combination of high-tech and green technology. Compared to similar systems without or with little energy-saving technology, they can save up to 80% or more energy. For new constructions and retrofits, not only the paint finishing system but the entire operation is energetically optimized. These measures can lead to complete energy self-sufficiency of the operation. For this purpose, Sehon develops holistic heat and electricity concepts for its customers, for which funding can be applied for in most cases. The paint finishing system manufacturer relies on all regenerative energy forms and their mix, from photovoltaic systems and combined heat and power plants to heat pumps and the use of geothermal energy.

High-Tech Paint Finishing Systems

Sehon paint finishing systems are technically among the high-end class in the industry. They are full of useful and valuable functions and features that meet all the requirements of modern paint shops and guarantee the best quality.

Technical highlights include energy-saving, high-performance units, year-round heat recovery, automatic air pressure and air management, automatic operating mode control for resource conservation, perfect filter technology, and online service.

Paint Finishing Systems with Robotics

With the AI-REVOLUTION, SEHON has developed a paint booth with AI-supported robotic painting. It was designed for craft and industrial customers. This allows vehicles, components, and products to be painted fully automatically.

The system is suitable for both single-piece painting and small series. It complies with all legal requirements when people work with robotics in paint finishing systems (including explosion protection).

Conclusion

“Our priority,” says Tiemo Sehon, “is that our customers receive the best possible quality and technology with maximum individuality at an excellent and transparent price-performance ratio. At the same time, we offer a unique package of services, from consulting and product selection to after-sales service. Our customers choose a long-term partnership in which they are never left alone.”

Author: Michael Teschke | Photo: SEHON.

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Aircommander

AIRCOMMANDER – Spray Air Treatment for Painting Processes

The AIRCOMMANDER from SEHON ensures better surfaces, lower paint consumption, higher throughput, and significantly less finishing work.

It enables a significant quality leap in the application process of automatic and manual painting and surface technology. The AIRCOMMANDER cleans and heats the compressed air continuously. The compressed air can be adjusted to the ideal processing temperature. Perfect ionization occurs directly and highly efficiently via the included ionization gun. Through ionization and heating, paints atomize much finer and can be processed without problems.

AIRCOMMANDER – The Advantages

  • Better, finer atomization of the paint
  • Better surfaces, less dust and dirt
  • Softer leveling of the paint
  • Less paint consumption
  • Significantly less overspray
  • Fewer filter changes
  • Shorter painting cycle times and higher throughput
  • Drastic reduction of rejects or rework (finish)
  • Funktioniert bei HVLP-Pistolen genauso gut wie bei AirMix-Pistolen
  • Better penetration into recesses and fewer dirt inclusions in automotive painting
  • Effect on topcoat and clearcoat (automotive painting)
  • Painters do not need to change their usual working methods
  • The device is connected to a standard power supply/socket with 230 V (no three-phase power required)
  • Low power consumption through demand-based, automatic control of energy supply during heating (no continuous load operation required)
  • Patented hose package for continuous, safe, and explosion-protected heat supply to the compressed air
  • Intuitive high-end touch panel Siemens SIMATIC HMI for operation and control

 

Manufacturer’s stated savings

  • Reduction in finishing costs by approximately 20% to 40%
  • Reduction in flash-off and drying times by approximately 10% to 30%
  • Reduction in base coat consumption by approximately 20% to 30%
  • Reduction in conventional clear coat consumption by approximately 10% to 15%

 

Technical Data

Mechanical Data:
Dimensions: (W × H × D) 600 x 1610 x 500 mm
Weight: 160 kg
Electrical Data:
Operating voltage: 230 V, 16 A
Control voltage: DC24 V
Rated current: 9.5 A
Power consumption: 2.2 kW
Mains fuse on site: Max. 16A
Compressed Air Supply:
Air pressure: Min. 6 bar – Max. 8 bar
Air quality: ISO 8573.1
Particle size and concentration: Class 1
Pressure dew point: Class 4
Oil content: Class 1
Intended Ambient Conditions:
Room temperature: Min. 15°C to Max. 35 °C
Humidity: Max. 40%
Emissions:
Noise (sound pressure): Max. 80 dB (A)
EMC in accordance with the EMC Directive and the
EMC standards for industrial use
Paint Air Hose: Heated, length 12 m
Application Area: Wet paints

Author: Michael Teschke | Source and Photo: SEHON innovative Lackieranlagen GmbH
Manufacturer / Supplier:
SEHON innovative Lackieranlagen GmbH
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