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Henkel’s New Bonderite E-CO DMC Digital Multichannel Controller Helps Customers Optimize the Performance and Cost of Metal Pretreatment Processes
H
enkel has introduced a new
it maximizes the benefits derived from
neighbouring buildings. It can control a
process control system that
Henkel’s leadership in sustainable metal
virtually unlimited number of process
addresses key challenges in
pre-treatment technologies and process
parameters and devices.
metal pre-treatment as customers
expertise.”
Further Bonderite E-CO DMC is equipped
are increasingly seeking to implement
Bonderite E-CO DMC minimizes chemical
with an internal memory that stores all
data-driven Industry 4.0 solutions. In
usage, water and power consumption as
parameter data and events for creating
combination with the company’s New
well as waste. In addition, it helps to avoid
numerical, graphic and consumption
Generation Conversion coatings (NGC)
manual work and chemical exposure in
reports as well as maintaining a historical
for multi-metal substrates, the Bonderite
metal pre-treatment. All equipment and
database. The controller’s comprehensive
E-CO digital multi-channel (DMC)
process setup, adjustment, control and
connectivity easily links the system to
controller enables maximum corrosion
monitoring can effectively be managed by
other resources in local area networks
performance and sustainability at
the controller, including bath preparation
and provides access for remote devices,
minimized overall process costs.
and refill. The multi-channel system
such as tablets and smartphones.
Bonderite E-CO DMC is a process control
supports both single and multiple
It enables alerts with discrete data to
system that allows users to run complex
production lines in one and the same or
be sent to selected recipients by SMS or email and can be
up to fifteen or more stages. It
integrated in cloud-based
features an intuitive touch screen DMC (PLC) interface and supports
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metal pre-treatment lines with
data-driven solutions. “The system underscores
fully digitalized process control
Henkel’s total solutions
with flexible communication and
approach and our
remote access functionality
commitment to
(Fig. 1).
supporting customers as
“Thanks to its adaptive open
they implement Industry
system architecture, our new
4.0,” adds Brancaleoni.
digital multi-channel control
“Users can run automatic
system will easily integrate
parameter checks and
in metal customers’ existing
even automate the
conversion processes and
dosage of chemicals
automation concepts,” says
in the tanks by using
Maurizio Brancaleoni, Global
a special function to
Business Development Manager
correlate analysed data with outputs – all without
Henkel’s European Functional Coating Equipment Center in Funo di Argelato (Bologna, Italy) (Fig. 2). “Together with our New Generation Conversion coatings,
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Figure 1: The Bonderite E-CO DMC controller has an intuitive touchscreen and an internal memory for storing a virtually unlimited number of process parameters in metal treatment lines of up to 15 or more stages.
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involving any personnel on site.” While the performance benefits of Bonderite