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Painting

History

Year
Rust-prevention
Appearance quality
Equipment/facilities
1959
 
Melamine-baking paint
 
1960
Dipping painting
 
 
1961
 
 
Undercoat automatic painting
1962
 
Thermoplastic acrylic paint
 
1964
 
Thermosetting acrylic paint
 
1966
Anodic electrodeposition coating
 
Dogmatic conveyor
Rotary atomization electrostatic coating equipment (for surfacer)
1968
 
 
Pretreatment line automatic control
1969
 
 
Topcoat automatic painting
Automatic wet sanding
1970
 
 
Hanger electric current supply system for electrostatic coater
Air atomization electrostatic coating equipment (for topcoat metallic base)
1973
 
2-coat, 1-bake coating
Booth air conditioning
1977
 
 
Deodorization device
1978
Full-dip-type pretreatment
 
 
Underfloor, chip-resistant coating
1979
Cathodic electrodeposition coating
 
Surfacer powder coating
Camel-back oven
1980
 
Pearl Mica coating
Rotary atomization electrostatic coating equipment (for topcoat clear)
1981
 
Super color coating
Robot for underfloor chip-resistant coating
Robot for surfacer correction coating
1982
 
 
In-house rotary atomization electrostatic coating equipment
1983
 
 
High-speed rotary atomization electrostatic coating equipment (for topcoat metallic base)
Off-line teaching of painting robots
1984
 
Surfacer 2-stage coating
Inverter-type air conditioner
Sealer and wet-sanding robot
Robot for topcoat correction coating
1985
Wax coating for body shell sub-assembly
Topcoat clear 2-stage coating
3-step catalyst-type deodorization device
1986
 
 
Full automation of underfloor chip-resistant coating
Elimination of wet-sanding in surfacer process
1987
Cathodic electrodeposition thick coating (for parts)
 
 
1988
Thick-coated galvanized steel sheets
 
Electrostatic clear topcoating for bumpers
1989
Inter-layer chip-resistant coating
High-quality-look paint
Center-feed-type bell coating machine
4-coat painting system
Automation of inner panel surfacer
High-quality body painting system
1990
 
 
Metallic bell coating machine
1991
 
 
Full heat exchanger for booth air conditioner
Bumper 3-wet painting
1992
 
 
Water-borne topcoat metallic base paint (at TMUK)
Automatic inspection equipment for paint seed defects
1994
Underfloor undercoat slit application
Acid-resistant-type paint
Painting robot
Centrifugal-separation drying treatment for paint sludge
1995
Discontinued use of masking for underfloor undercoat
 
Discontinued use of trichloroethylene (TCE ) in bumper washing
1996
 
Activities for making paint look more shiny (skin shine control by new measuring equipment)
Bumper 3-wet electrostatic painting
2-tone wet on wet painting
3-coat Pearl Mica painting
1997
Low-temperature and low-sludge phosphatizing process
 
 
1998
 
2-liquid-type bumper clear paint
Bumper hand electrostatic painting
Black tape application on door sash
1999
Lead-free electrodeposition paint
Activities related to seed reduction and elimination
Cartridge bell coating machine
Elimination of sealer oven
2000
Vinyl chloride free floor-undercoat
 
Bumper paint that bakes at low-temperature
Application-type vibration damping sheets
Efforts taken for paint compliance with PRTR (by reducing toluene content, etc.)
High-solid-type clear paint (for use in Japan)
2001
 
Automatic inspection of "color", "skin" and "shine"
Cartridge bell painting system for water-borne paint
2002
Steel/aluminum simultaneous phosphatizing process
Digital Styling Review (DSR) introduced
Water-borne surfacer
Water-borne paint bumper line
2003
 
Seed countermeasure manual written
 
2004
Off-line teaching of sealer/floor undercoating robot
 
Multipolar production preparation PJT
2005
Covering power confirmation rule for electrodeposition established
 
Micro-biotic water treatment for paint sludge pool
2006
High-covering power electrodeposition paint
Small-dust sensor developed
Introduction in Japan of water-borne topcoat base paint process completed
2007
Sealer swirl application process
Painting quality monitoring system (for traceability)
3-wet process for water-borne surfacer and topcoat painting
2008
 
 
Demineralized water as washing solution for color change of water-borne paint
2009
Requirement control for defect-free quality in pretreatment and electrodeposition process promoted
Paint with improved scratch-resistant characteristics
Energy-saving control of air conditioner for water-borne paint
Instrument panel painting by water-borne paint
1-stage coating of water-borne topcoat base paint for instrument panel
2010
 
 
Low-VOC washing solution for color change of water-borne paint
New paint sludge pool system for painting booth
2011
 
 
High-flow-rate bell coating machine

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