Small fleets, repair shops and builders who take paint work into their own hands could benefit from the new Collision Core Pronto XL from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, a fully automated dispenser and mixer for commercial vehicle paint operations.
The mixer requires just 4-feet-by-4-feet of floor space.Sherwin-Williams
The new Pronto XL provides two important features for refinish shops: minimized waste and extreme color precision. Automated systems like Pronto XL reduce product waste with a single dispense head and 20 ingredients, allowing the unit to dispense into quarts, gallons and pails in minutes; it also can dispense paint with accuracy down to 0.01 g, ensuring perfect matches that are nearly impossible to achieve manually, Sherwin-Williams added.
The system can complete a mix in approximately five minutes, which is 50% faster than traditional methods, Sherwin-Williams said. Additionally, utilizing the system’s automation allows paint techs to “walk away” and focus on other tasks like prepping a vehicle or actual painting while the machine handles the mixing and cleaning.
“Fleet refinishing shops need automated paint dispensers primarily to reduce significant material waste and drastically increase shop productivity,” said Dan Szczepanik, Global Director with Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, Commercial Vehicle Refinish. “By automating the mixing process, shops can handle a higher volume of jobs with fewer mistakes and lower labor costs.”
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