Suppliers and Environmental Innovation. The Automotive Paint Process
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I have found this article through the research guides on the Wayne State University Library website. On the website, there is a list of websites for scholarly journals that a student could use to their discretion. The article I found discusses the automotive painting process that auto manufacturers use in their production of vehicles. It talks about how the painting process is a complex and extremely energy intensive operation. This process is the primary source for air emissions in the manufacturing stages of the vehicle. It is a process for air emissions of regulated chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Automotive paint on most vehicles consists of up to six layers of different coating materials that are applied separately. Solid and hazardous wastes are created in the painting process from waste paint through overspray (paint that does not adhere to the vehicle surface) and through chemicals that are used to clean the paint in the lines and application equipment. The author of the article states that one of the most effective means for reducing emissions and hazardous wastes from automotive painting is to reduce the level and number of input chemicals through material substitution. New paint and coating materials (waterborne and powder paints) can be specifically formulated to contain fewer volatile organics and other regulated chemicals, leading to lower levels of pollutants for treatment or control.
I thought that this would be an excellent source to evaluate in my I-Search essay because automotive painting as the article discusses, is a major factor in manufacturing emissions. This is a good example about possibilities to produce vehicles in a more efficient way than they already are.
Here's a link to the scholarly article:
http://search.proquest.com/pqrl/docview/232361242/57D51228C90A4D41PQ/1?accountid=14925
I have found this article through the research guides on the Wayne State University Library website. On the website, there is a list of websites for scholarly journals that a student could use to their discretion. The article I found discusses the automotive painting process that auto manufacturers use in their production of vehicles. It talks about how the painting process is a complex and extremely energy intensive operation. This process is the primary source for air emissions in the manufacturing stages of the vehicle. It is a process for air emissions of regulated chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Automotive paint on most vehicles consists of up to six layers of different coating materials that are applied separately. Solid and hazardous wastes are created in the painting process from waste paint through overspray (paint that does not adhere to the vehicle surface) and through chemicals that are used to clean the paint in the lines and application equipment. The author of the article states that one of the most effective means for reducing emissions and hazardous wastes from automotive painting is to reduce the level and number of input chemicals through material substitution. New paint and coating materials (waterborne and powder paints) can be specifically formulated to contain fewer volatile organics and other regulated chemicals, leading to lower levels of pollutants for treatment or control.
I thought that this would be an excellent source to evaluate in my I-Search essay because automotive painting as the article discusses, is a major factor in manufacturing emissions. This is a good example about possibilities to produce vehicles in a more efficient way than they already are.