加拿大国营铁路(CN)花费1480万美元建造了第一座计算机控制的全自动化车辆清理喷漆车间。CN从安装在winnipeg Trans-cona工厂的这种装置所得到的经济效益将大大超过投资费用。 CN使用这种装置给漏斗棚车喷漆,也可给其他类型车辆喷漆。所得效益是: (1)一年的喷漆量从250辆车上升到1100辆左右。考虑到CN有11500辆用于运送粮食、化肥和其他散装货物的漏斗棚车,所以这是一个极大的改善。 (2)、由CN和Vadeko国际公司联合研制 Canadian National Railway (CN) spent $ 14.8 million to build the first computer-controlled fully automated vehicle clean-up paint shop. CN’s economic benefits from this installation at the winnipeg Trans-cona plant will outweigh the investment costs. CN uses this device to paint the funnel box, but also to paint other types of vehicles. The resulting benefits are: (1) The amount of paint sprayed in a year has risen from 250 vehicles to about 1100 vehicles. This is a huge improvement given CN’s 11,500 funnel boxes for transporting food, fertilizer and other bulk goods. (2), jointly developed by CN and Vadeko International