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Bosch Home Comfort: a new powder coating line for heat pump components, supporting the European energy transition

Bosch’s Aveiro plant was the focus of an investment plan aimed at expanding production capacity for heat pumps destined for the European market and supporting the energy transition in the construction sector towards high-efficiency models. A new powder-coating line designed by Fimel was installed as part of the project and integrated with a hybrid curing oven fitted with Infragas’ BOOSTERCAT® catalytic IR panels.

Coatings

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When finishes and colours turn playthings into design icons

RS Barcelona, a leading name in the world of table games such as table football, table tennis, billiards, and shuffleboards, has radically transformed these products, elevating them from recreational items to genuine design pieces. Today, its creations are designed to blend seamlessly into high-end settings such as hotels, luxury residences, offices, and hospitality spaces. To meet design requirements that are increasingly focused on design and architecture, it has been collaborating for over fifteen years with AkzoNobel, which supplies a wide range of high-performance powder coatings for architectural applications.

Plants and technologies

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Asturmadi Doors improved the efficiency of its coating line through the seamless integration of manual and automated handling solutions

The project to improve the efficiency of Asturmadi Doors’ coating line arose from the need to meet growing production requirements and increasingly stringent regulatory standards in the fire-rated door sector. The design and installation of the new powder application plant, carried out by Cabycal in collaboration with Nordson, involved a complete reorganisation of its layout, with particular attention to integrating manual and automatic handling systems and optimising production flows.

Plants and technologies

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Fluidised bed coating: a new plant designed to meet the evolving needs of thermoplastic powders in the household appliance sector

Dradura Italia has recently installed a new fluidised bed coating plant for thermoplastic powders, developed by LEM Impianti, to expand its coating options for wire components used in the household appliance sector.

Industrial cleaning

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The right balance between cleaning technology and process chemistry ensures quality in the dental sector

Medesy, a company specialising in the manufacture of dental instruments, has identified the cleaning phase as a key process in its workflow. Through collaboration with IFP Europe and Dollmar, it has adopted a modified alcohol-based system that combines high performance with sustainability.

Plants and technologies

28MAG

Prima Sole Components, where the future of automotive part coating is shaped

For a company, expanding its range of target sectors and positioning itself as the ‘factory of the future’ for automotive components requires advanced coating plants, such as the one designed by Trasmetal’s Varnish Tech division for Prima Sole Components’s Oderzo site. Based on a skid-handling system that replaces the traditional power & free conveyor, this new line enables the intensive coating of large components thanks to opposing robots inspired by the automotive industry, which increase its flexibility and application capacity.

Coatings

27MAG

Clerprem is redefining the future of railway interiors with anti-graffiti and anti-corrosion powders that meet the sector’s highest standards

Clerprem, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of ergonomic seating systems and interior components for the transport industry, has chosen TIGER Coatings’ powders to optimise the performance of its finishes for a market that demands ever-higher levels of graffiti resistance, corrosion protection, and application reliability across various metal substrates.

Industrial cleaning

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Knorr-Bremse introduces a new closed-loop cleaning system for the remanufacturing of railway components

The German multinational, a leading manufacturer of braking systems and other safety systems and remanufacturing components for the railway sector, has integrated its cleaning department with a new automatic closed-loop system supplied by ILSA-MC. This modified alcohol-based solution has standardised the cleaning process, improved repeatability, reduced operating times, and enhanced environmental sustainability despite rising volumes.