ICT - TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
A New Cleaning Concept: Flexible Solutions for High-Performance Engines Matteo Ducceschi Tecnofirma Spa (Monza, Italy)
matteo.ducceschi@tecnofirma.com
© Tecnofirma
Opening photo: The layout of the plant, equipped with a mechanical deburring unit and five cleaning stations.
T
he automotive industry is among
need flexible, compact, and
surface treatment industry since 1949,
the ones requiring the highest
environmentally friendly cleaning with
has designed a new concept that meets
cleanliness degrees because any
minimum investment and operating
all these requirements (ref. Opening
kind of contamination can affect the
costs.
photo). Installed at the FCA plant in
reliability and performance of parts, for
Tecnofirma (Monza, Italy), specialising
Termoli (Campobasso, Italy) in 2016,
example the mechanical components of
in the construction and installation of
the plant was specifically designed for
engines. In addition, car manufacturers
cleaning and coating solutions for the
cleaning a type of aluminium V6 cylinder
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