On-site reports

30MAG

When Every Detail Matters: La Marzocco’s New Coating Plant

A cutting-edge, water-based coating cycle, a new plant designed by Silvi in collaboration with Futura and CMA Robotics, and a water treatment system supplied by Water Energy to optimise environmental sustainability: these were the technical choices made by La Marzocco, an Italian manufacturer of excellence in the industry of high-end professional coffee machines.

Coatings, Plants and technologies

27MAG

A New Laser Scanner System for Pintarelli Verniciature’s Programming-Free, Automatic Powder Coating Plant: a Further Boost to the Quality of Its Certified Coatings

Pintarelli Verniciature is one of the best-known companies in the contract powder coating industry thanks to its ability to anticipate market needs, its research into internationally certified processes, and its collaboration with universities and firms in the sector to study and develop quality-oriented solutions. The latest one, implemented in January, was a Dynamic Contour Detection system from Gema.

14MAG

Donelli Alexo Inaugurates a New Plant for Applying FBE Powder Linings on Oil & Gas and Drinking Water Valves

The Donelli Group, a pioneer in corrosion protection since 1911, has opened an innovative factory in Ferno (Varese, Italy): Donelli Alexo MXP. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, it will be the company’s hub for the application of powders, including FBE powder coatings, on valve, tank, and pipe internal surfaces and of liquid paints on both these components and actuators for the oil & gas and drinking water sectors.

Plants and technologies

29MAR

BEEP Srl: A Long-Standing Collaboration with a Pool of Italian Companies Enabled the Installation of a New Powder Coating Plant for High-End E-Bikes

As a company specialising in the coating and assembly of bikes and e-bikes marketed under the Decathlon brand, BEEP Srl has recently opened a new factory designed to coat and assemble up to half a million bicycles per year. For this ambitious project, it turned to the company Visa Impianti, which designed and installed its new coating line in collaboration with Futura Convogliatori Aerei and Wagner Italia.

Plants and technologies

28MAR

Vermobil Chooses Mixed Infrared Technology for Dry-on-Fused Coating of its High-End Outdoor Furniture

Infragas’ integration of RHT burners and catalytic technology is the ideal solution for combining dry-on-fused powder coating performance, energy savings, and reduced environmental impact. Vermobil Style’s choice is proof of this. As a company that has been designing and manufacturing outdoor furniture and accessories since 1993, it searched for the most effective solution to raise the quality bar, speed up its coating process, and make its production even more sustainable.

26MAR

Coating of Machines for Ice and Snow Removal at Bucher Municipal: Corrosion Resistance is the Key!

A mixed coating system with a zinc rich liquid base coat and a powder top coat, a mechanical pre-treatment process for controlled surface roughness, and a flexible plant designed by Eurotherm (Volpiano, Turin, Italy) in cooperation with Giletta’s technicians and the company’s advisor Fabio Balbo, owner of Tecniver: these are the technical choices made by Giletta Spa, a company of the Bucher Municipal Group, to meet two fundamental requirements for the production of its snow and ice removal machines: the qualitative one of corrosion resistance exceeding 2000 hours in salt spray tests and the operational one of a maximum of three weeks from order receipt to delivery of the finished machine.