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Christian Krüger
The kitchen slicers manufactured by Ritterwerk have to meet a wide range of requirements. These include having an attractive design and also specific mechanical properties in order to comply with food processing legislation. All of this has been made possible by a special powder coating and a water-based, two-component polyurethane paint. PDF-Download
Wiwa Wilhelm Wagner GmbH & Co.KG
In order to ensure a long life for the roof of his residential and business premises, a building owner chose to coat it with a two-component polyurethane and polyurea hybrid material. High-performance mixing and dosing machines were used to process and apply the coating. PDF-Download
Dürr Systems GmbH
Painting lines should be easy to operate and any faults that occur need to be detected and rectified rapidly. In order to ensure that these requirements are met, a software package that can be used to visualise painting booths has been updated. It enables faults to be displayed accurately and clearly and provides relevant information about troubleshooting. PDF-Download
Dr. Frank Rothbarth
Polyaspartic coatings cure very quickly and fewer layers of paint are often required. The development of a new hardener has increased the possibilities for using polyaspartic coatings on floors. PDF-Download
Brillux Industrial Coatings
Cast iron gearbox parts produced by a manufacturer of special gearboxes are given a coat of paint to improve their corrosion resistance and protect their surface. A fast-drying, single-component, water-based paint is used to ensure that the gearboxes can be delivered on time and to prevent bottlenecks in the production process. PDF-Download
Binks DeVilbiss Ransburg
The key criteria for painting high-quality wood products include a rapid process, a high level of application efficiency and an excellent surface finish. A specially designed, compact paint spraying system allows all these requirements to be met. PDF-Download
Karl Bubenhofer AG
At its Bruchsal site, Voigt & Schweitzer, a company that specialises in hot-dip galvanising recently began using a low temperature powder coating on its galvanised substrates. The result is a more cost-effective and flexible powder coating process. PDF-Download
J. Wagner GmbH
A new generation of powder centres can be individually configured, which allows them to be adapted to meet each operator’s specific requirements. PDF-Download
Gema Switzerland GmbH
A powder primer and a top coat or a single-layer powder coating? Or perhaps a two-sided preliminary coating and a subsequent automatic finish? A specialist coating company in Austria no longer has to worry about these different options, because its two new powder coating lines are flexible enough to process all types of materials and components. PDF-Download
IGP Pulvertechnik AG
A new special effect powder technology allows the bonding rate of special effect pigments to be increased significantly. This leads to more homogeneous coatings and a more cost-effective process when compared with the bonding and dry blend procedures, in particular in the case of powder coatings with a high pigment content. PDF-Download
Adapta Color S.L.
The range of applications for powder coatings can be extended by integrating new properties. A completely new approach is powder coatings that have an insect-repellent effect. PDF-Download
Wiwox GmbH Surface Systems
A new range of compact ovens is available for removing paint by means of pyrolysis. The ovens can be used to clean even sensitive components because they remain at precisely the specified temperature. PDF-Download
Mafac Ernst Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik
A contract manufacturer for automotive suppliers has to provide reliable, daily, just-in-time deliveries of a number of batches of clean components. The delivery cycle is determined by the cleaning process, which functions as a quality assurance measure, and by the time factor. For the final cleaning of its components, the company uses a machine that offers a variety of options and, therefore, a high level of flexibility. PDF-Download
Roland Schmidt
The highest possible standards of dimensional accuracy are an essential feature of the process of manufacturing mould parts for injection moulding tools. In order to meet these standards, the mould halves produced by a manufacturer of control and drive systems undergo a tactile measurement process after automated HSC milling and die sinking. They must not only be clean and dry but also at a pre-defined temperature. This is made possible by a fully automatic cleaning system that is integrated into the mould production line. PDF-Download
Udo Steinhauser
The unplanned shutdown of a cleaning machine caused by the need for reactive maintenance or by a fault often leads to additional costs or, in the worst case, to the subsequent production processes being stopped. Therefore, it is important for cleaning machines to operate according to plan. An individual cleaning strategy can play an important role in ensuring that this occurs. PDF-Download
Anke Sandra Meunier
When aqueous cleaning processes reach their limits, the ideal solution is a hybrid process using solvents, co-solvents and, where necessary, aqueous pre-cleaning. This article presents two versions of this procedure on the basis of examples from the medical technology industry. PDF-Download
André Lohse
The degree of parts’ cleanliness that is possible and sufficient is determined by the process chain “Preproduction — Cleaning — Post-processing”. To define and comply with the requirements it is necessary to identify and monitor the quality-relevant variables. PDF-Download
Chemetall GmbH
In its modern, multi-function production plant, TK Beschichtungstechnik can apply both conventional phosphating processes as well as a thin-film technology based on silanes. This flexibility in production capabilities provides positive benefits in terms of sustainability, quality and cost effectiveness. PDF-Download
Doris Schulz
A service provider to a shipyard in northern Germany has invested in a new, fully automatic corrosion protection line with an innovative painting system. The new line enables steel sheets and bulb flats for the shipbuilding industry to be blasted, straightened and primed using a particularly environmentally friendly process. PDF-Download
