Company
TID was founded in 1996 to meet a market demand: the application of decorative liquid paint coatings to all types of parts and materials using industrial techniques and methods.
Services and Facilities
TID is equipped with modern production lines for part painting.
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The latest advances in painting are available at TID, thanks to its research work. It has a well-appointed laboratory, equipped with the latest innovative tools for ongoing improvements in quality and techniques.
Instruments
TID has 2 fully equipped laboratories with state-of-the art measuring and test equipment in the painting sector. We have 4 Konica Minolta colorimeters, Glossmeters, Glossmeters for minimum areas, thickness gauges, Persoz Pendulum hardness testers and durometers, Taber abrasion testers, colour comparison chambers, different adherence kits suitable for each of the different paint types and customer requirements, viscosity gauges, etc. All our equipment is subject to a strict calibration plan for correct maintenance and measurement accuracy.
In addition to the instruments that guarantee the quality of our products, our laboratories are also equipped with apparatus to control with the utmost precision the environmental conditions throughout our facilities in order to ensure that the process is stable, continuous and that there are no alterations that could affect the process quality. We have thermographs, thermometers, thermohydrographs, static electricity testers, humidity gauges, etc, which are used in accordance with a control plan of our facilities in order to guarantee and control our process.
TID is constantly seeking new and innovative products that help guarantee the quality of its products.
Tests
TID adapts to the quality specifications and requirements of each and every customer and product, developing a whole range of tests for each product type. The key tests conducted are: Colour, Gloss (for small, medium, large areas …), Adherence (tested to different methods according to customer specifications), a number of hardness tests (Persoz, Durometer, etc), Taber Abrasion, Thickness with several different types of equipment, Impact Resistance, Resistance to different chemicals, according to customer specifications, etc…
Each new project developed for a customer is studied and dealt with right down to the smallest detail with regard to the technical specifications to be met. TID adapts to any specific paint requirement requested by customers.
Quality
TID conducts all the controls at its own laboratories, in addition to the checks on the raw materials used during the painting process (paints, catalysts, varnishes …), thereby guaranteeing the meticulous treatment of all the parts, from the time they come into our plant until delivery to the customer.
The TID team permanently monitors all the parts painted throughout the production process. Quality controls are conducted with regard to colour, gloss, polymerization, adherence, colour, finish and tests with chemicals.
The Environment
TID has optimised its water-based or ecological paint facilities and now masters this environmentally-friendly technology, considering it to be a normal method of production.
Our facilities are equipped with all the latest environmental technology such as water curtains, sludge separators, deionising curtains, automatic humidifiers, precision pumps, reciprocators, high speed cups, etc.
In addition, bearing in mind the growing concern shown over the last few years by society in general for the degradation of the environment, and considering this to be a fundamental aspect to be taken into account in our work, TID would like to demonstrate its sensitivity to this common global problem by adopting a commitment to prevent contamination.
We therefore understand that we must start by controlling the environmental repercussions of our activities, by implementing an environmental management system and keeping this up-to-date.
For this reason, TID is now in the process of becoming environmentally certified to the UNE-EN-ISO 14001. standard.
Packaging
TID places particular emphasis on product storage, packaging and dispatch.
TID collaborates with its customers in defining customised packaging solutions for each specific part type. Different packaging systems have been developed to provide constant protection for the most delicate areas on the parts. TID is also fully committed to meeting the lead times set for each and every order.