Todd Engineering’s Poseidon spray booth is a high-specification spray booth. The high performance machine is designed to fulfil the needs of the most demanding Bodyshop.

The Poseidon utilises the latest technology available to achieve rapid and efficient process times, featuring Todd Engineering’s ‘Hydra-cure™’ water-based curing system as standard.

The Poseidon’s intelligent control system automatically regulates internal cabin temperature and pressure, this is coupled with a wealth of energy-saving features that make the Poseidon both economical and efficient to run. The fully filtered floor area and input air plenum give unrivalled performance regarding extraction and heat dispersion, ensuring a perfect finish every time.

Standard Spraybooth Specifications include:

30,000m³/hr airflow rating
7.5kW direct-drive backwards curved centrifugal fans
VSD inverter drive motor control
Active auto-pressurisation management system
State-of-the-art high-level LED lighting system offering 1750 Lux levels
Hydracure™ water-based curing system as standard
Blowers on bake ensuring no cold spots and 60-degree panel temperature
7 Air changes per minute
Full downdraught filtered floor area which can be raised or excavated
Eco mode when not spraying offering a 60% saving in gas and electricity when in use
Fully modulating direct-fired gas burner
White internal/external cabin with double skinned insulated panels
Fully glazed three-leaf concertina doors – improving internal spray booth visibility
Low noise levels – 76dB
User-friendly controls with 3.5″ full-colour TFT touchscreen display
Full 2-year manufacturer’s warranty*

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Layout

The ‘Poseidon’ is a downdraught type spray booth which features a fully filtered floor area; the downdraught design ensures all overspray and dirt is pulled immediately to floor level and held there during the spraying process, this eliminates overspray contaminating other areas of the paintwork and provides a perfect finish. The full-size ceiling air input plenum helps facilitate this design by producing an even through flow of heated air that completely envelops the vehicle, meaning all areas of the car including sills are heated to the required panel temperature evenly for rapid curing.

Construction

The spray booth cabin is constructed using double skinned rockwool insulated panels with a white polyester finish both internally and externally. Panel sections are joined with bright aluminium sections which give a seamless and attractive finish that takes away the exposed joints that would otherwise be filled with a sealant.

Performance

The plant work is fitted with two 7.5kW direct-drive aerofoil, backwards curved centrifugal fans to achieve the design airflow rate of 30,000m3/hr. This provides a rate of 7 air changes per minute within the cabin, with extracted air being exhausted to the atmosphere. The extraction system is fitted with two-stage filtration using 50mm EU2 green paint stop and EU3 blue prefilters; which ensures that emissions meet EPA requirements. The input system uses high-quality EU5 filter media to ensure incoming air is free of contaminants down to 10 microns.

Lighting

Todd Engineering has developed a state-of-the-art LED lighting system specifically for use in their range of spray booths. These LED lights surpass the very highest standards required in the automotive refinishing sector, creating a superbly lit cabin with high level-light pods. The Pods are angled to reduce glare and shadowing. The state-of-the-art LED lighting system gives illumination levels in excess of +1800 lux through the use of high output LED SMD Chips designed to provide a colour temperature of 5000K @ 90CRI offering unrivalled lighting quality when colour matching. These LED’s consume 50% less energy than conventional tubes with an equivalent light output and operate via an external low voltage driver at 36VDC. The lighting is fitted with a hi-tech laser-etched ‘Luminit’ film, which removes the visual appearance of each individual LED and created a flat panel of light. The light pods are finished with a frameless toughened glass cover and intumescent seal to separate electronics from the booth atmosphere.

Spraying Cycle

Fresh air is drawn from the atmosphere and heated to the required temperature. It then passes through EU5 ceiling filters into the booth and over the vehicle, as it passes it carries away paint over-spray & vapours. The air is extracted via a twin dry filter system and let out to the atmosphere. It is essential to use the recommended filters with regular changes; doing so will help 99% of pollutants can be captured.

Heating

The spray booth is fitted with a state of the art direct-fired modulating gas/LPG premix burner with an output of 220kW or 750,000Btu’s/hr; this allows input air to be rapidly heated to the pre-set temperature on the control panel, cabin temperature is then held within +/- 1 degree. Modulation is achieved using integrated variable speed drive technology for greater control and efficiency of the heating plant.

Noise Levels

Comfortable working cabin levels of between 70-75 dB, variable speed motors contribute to 50% lower dB outbreak levels.

Main Doors

The main vehicle entry doors are a three-leaf construction that opens in a concertina fashion, which saves space on the doors overall opening distance. Door Hinges have been designed specifically for application in spray booths and are made through aluminium extrusion in a white powder-coated finish, white plastic cover plates then cover the fixing bolts to complete the look of the hinge. Two individual locking mechanisms allow one single leaf door to be used as a second personnel door; this is fitted with a self-closer and dictators to provide a good seal. The door frame has a white powder-coated finish and a built-in rubber compression seal, each door has a sizeable full-length glass viewing panel framed in aluminium increasing internal booth visibility.

Personnel Door

A second personnel door can be fitted to any wall panel; it is generally held to the rear of the cabin to provide a safe fire escape route. The door is fitted within its own white powder coated frame complete with self-closer, dictators, full-length viewing window, extruded aluminium hinges and rubber compression seals.

Control Panel

The Spraybooth control system uses the latest technology available to give the operator intelligent and user-friendly control of all processes. Simple push-button controls are used for cycle selection and lighting, meaning in most cases, the booth is controlled with one touch of a button. The intelligent programming of the PLC-based system monitors and adjusts cabin pressure and temperature to suit and displays the current spray booth status on a 3.5” full-colour TFT Touchscreen display. Separate controllers for temperature and cycle time duration are fully adjustable by the operator and gives a clear indication of set points, current temperature and remaining process time.

Inverter Variable Speed Drives

All of the Todd Engineering spray booths are fitted with inverter variable speed drives to an electronically balanced cabin pressure; this is achieved by controlling the fan speeds using the inverters. This method of control is beneficial in maximising the energy efficiency of the spray booth by only running the fans the rate required by the process. The inverters also increase the life expectancy and reduce maintenance of all associated components including the motor, driveshafts, and bearings through controlled acceleration and deceleration of the motors; this also eliminates electrical surges as the spray booth is started.

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ABOUT TODD ENGINEERING.

The UK's leading paint spray booth manufacturers, Todd Engineering ltd were founded by the Todd family in the early nineties.

The company's factory is located in Staffordshire, on the edge of the industrial midlands, close to many suppliers. A skilled workforce undertakes design and manufactures all the spray booths, many of whom have started with the company in an apprenticeship.

Todd Engineering is proud of its wide range of high-quality spray booths for sale and its ovens and Bodyshop equipment. Their efficient in-house installation, service, and customer care teams have all contribute to high customer satisfaction and the company's rapid growth over the last 30 years.

Todd Engineering manufactures all its spray booths in-house; they supply a wide variety of booths and equipment. They offer a range from the Olympian 1000 series spray booth, which suits independent bodyshops and businesses, to the Titan CV series, a commercial spray booth with industrial spray booth equipment.

Todd Engineering has been praised for treating each customer as an individual; they pride themselves in offering a bespoke service to ensure they deliver equipment to suit the customer's business needs.

Using the latest in spray booth technology, Todd offers an energy-efficient solution on many of their products to save you money and time.