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PAINT BOOTH SYSTEMS
Accudraft’s MX series paint booths provide the most options and flexibility when deciding what fits your shop best. The MX series paint booth systems are available in semi downdraft, side draft, and downdraft configurations. Single wall or dual skin costruction and a multitude of air handler configurations allow you to build a paint booth that has exactly what you need in the shape and size that works best for you.
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SPRAY BOOTH OPTIONS
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CROSSDRAFT PAINT BOOTH
A crossdraft paint booth, also known as a “crossflow” paint booth makes air flow directly across the vehicle that is being painted from the front doors to the back wall of the paint booth. The draft can also go from the back wall of the paint booth towards the front doors. Some manufacturers call this a “reverse flow” configuration. What is important is that the flow is along the LENGTH of the part or car being painted in the booth. These are extremely popular in the automotive and truck industry, because they are economic and they easily meet all the standards and codes for a painting facility. The way a crossdraft or crossflow paint booth works is that the incoming air is drawn directly through the main doors or through filtered columns in the front corners of the paint booth. The exhaust is accomplished through another set of columns or filtration located towards the rear of the paint booth. The air circulates around the sides and above of the vehicle. Crossdraft booths are constructed with the least amount of materials than any other paint booth. Crossdraft paint booths are typically at a lower price point and they also don’t need any concrete work which can add greatly to the cost of a project.
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SEMI-DOWNDRAFT PAINT BOOTH
A semi downdraft paint booth operates much like the crossdraft or crossflow paint booth because the incoming air is toward the front of the paint booth and the exhaust is still achieved through the rear of the booth. The main difference is that the incoming air is now being introduced to the spray booth through a plenum in the ceiling instead of through filtered doors or columns at the front of the booth. This creates a diagonal draft pattern that moves overspray across and away from painter and the vehicle being painted. The main advantage to a semi downdraft paint booth is that the upper plenum allows the addition of a heated paint booth air makeup without major construction changes to the paint booth cabin. The heated air can be ducted into the plenum directly and the booth can cure or bake to get vehicles out faster. If a heated air makeup unit was added to a crossflow paint booth, a plenum would have to be constructed first and if the crossflow paint booth was drawing air through filtered doors, the doors would have to be blocked off in order to make the paint booth work. The semi downdraft paint booth is one of the most popular in the automotive collision repair industry. A semi downdraft is also an “above ground” paint booth configuration, meaning it does not need concrete work prior to installation of the paint booth.
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SIDE DRAFT PAINT BOOTH
A side draft paint booth operates by bringing in filtered air through the ceiling and exhausting it through the sidewalls of the workspace. The side draft or side down configuration creates an even airflow around the painted object and draws overspray and contaminants down and away from painter and the finish, which makes for a safer and cleaner environment and more efficient paint job. A side draft paint booth gives you a great draft pattern that is much like that of a downdraft paint booth and it does not need concrete work prior to installation of the paint booth.
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DOWN DRAFT PAINT BOOTH
A downdraft paint booth produces a draft pattern that runs straight down from the ceiling to the floor and is the most efficient and clean option available on paint booths. Since the air is drawn around the vehicle and exhausted underneath, it pulls overspray and contaminants downward and away from the painter and the finish no matter where the operator is spraying. The risk of overspray and contamination is greatly reduced. A downdraft paint booth can be made with a concrete pit or it can be raised on a steel base with drive-up ramps to allow installation of a downdraft system without having to do concrete work.