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Controlling Air Temperature to Improve Finish Quality

August 8, 2019

Why do we continue to have temperature-based process fluctuations when we have a very tightly controlled ambient environment? It turns out that there is not just one single answer. To understand it, we must start by understanding the hierarchy of the various temperatures involved in the painting process.

Industry 4.0: the Latest Advancements in Car Coating Technology

May 8, 2019

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The Smart Paintshop is a complete, 360-degree linked production system, an auto body painting system that provides high-performance efficiency, safety, quality, cost savings and environmental friendliness from start to finish.

CO2 Snow Jet Cleaning Prior to Painting Plastics

Doris Schulz

May 7, 2019

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Before coating, more and more plastic parts are being cleaned with CO2 snow jet technology. Besides the significant cost, space and resource savings, as well as the ease with which the cleaning system can be integrated into painting lines, coating properties also benefit from the dry cleaning solution.

New Protective Coating Dispensing Technology Can Improve Efficiency

Saves Labor, Material and Disposal Costs

Rob Rochette

April 9, 2019

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While many applications will continue to require the greater material volumes available in drums, cartridge-based packaging improves efficiency in niche markets in the aerospace industry, marine touch up coating and repair, pipeline, and manhole applications. In many cases, it complements traditional methods, reducing labor, material and disposal costs.

New Protective Coating Dispensing Technology Can Improve Efficiency

Rob Rochette

August 29, 2018

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While many applications will continue to require the greater material volumes available in drums, cartridge-based packaging improves efficiency in niche markets in the aerospace industry, marine touch up coating and repair, pipeline, and manhole applications. In many cases, it complements traditional methods, reducing labor, material and disposal costs.

Paint Shop for Electric Vehicles in China

July 1, 2018

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Dürr is currently building a fully automatic paint shop for a local OEM in Hefei in the Anhui Province of China. The plant is designed to handle 100,000 units per year, and will commence operation in June 2018. The integration of numerous digital@DÜRR solutions turns the paint shop into a Smart Factory with extensive use of data.

Paint Shop 4.0 – Innovations for Greater Quality, Flexibility and Efficiency

Dr.-Ing. Pavel Svejda

May 9, 2018

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Developments in the area of information and communication technology are creating considerable potential and acting as a catalyst for innovations in automation, machinery and application systems.

Spray System Offers Flexible, Rapid-Cure Solution

May 1, 2018

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BASF finds the Sulzer MixCoat System is a flexible rapid cure solution.

Advanced Spray Pattern and Pressure Distribution Testing

Increasingly sensitive pressure sensor arrays are helping manufacturers understand spray dispersion and impact force to improve product design

Jeff Elliot

March 2, 2017

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Highly sensitive tactile sensors also allow designers to quantify spray pressure data even in applications where extremely low pressures are involved.

Analyzing Automotive Paints With Extended-Range ATR

Infrared spectroscopy is one of the few analytical techniques considered by the forensic science community to have the highest discriminating power required to provide confirmatory evidence about the chemical composition of a material.

Stephen R. Lowry Ph.D.

August 19, 2013

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Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is used extensively to characterize the chemical composition of trace evidence such as paints, fibers and adhesives as well as seized drugs and related chemicals. Thermo Fisher has recently introduced the Thermo Scientific™ iS™50 ATR module, a novel, extended-range attenuated total reflectance (ATR) module that is integrated into the Nicolet™ iS50 FT-IR spectrometer.

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Controlling Air Temperature to Improve Finish Quality

Industry 4.0: the Latest Advancements in Car Coating Technology

CO2 Snow Jet Cleaning Prior to Painting Plastics

New Protective Coating Dispensing Technology Can Improve Efficiency

New Protective Coating Dispensing Technology Can Improve Efficiency

Paint Shop for Electric Vehicles in China

Paint Shop 4.0 – Innovations for Greater Quality, Flexibility and Efficiency

Spray System Offers Flexible, Rapid-Cure Solution

Advanced Spray Pattern and Pressure Distribution Testing

Analyzing Automotive Paints With Extended-Range ATR

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