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PSP, One of the Italian Pioneers of Contracting Paint Stripping, Counts on the New FASTRIP Spray Technology to Treat Automotive Components © ipcm ®
Monica Fumagalli ipcm®
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n the field of surface treatments, the automotive industry is certainly among the sectors demanding the highest coating performance and compliance
with the most stringent requirements. One of the most overlooked aspects in this framework is the paint stripping of car components that need to be recovered and reworked. The number of these parts is higher than one might think and the complexity of this operation is determined by the different materials used (aluminium, zamak, galvanised sheet metal, steel, etc.) and the number of recovery attempts made on defective parts, which are uneconomical to eliminate from the coaters’ production process (ref. Opening photo). PSP Sverniciature Sas (Bornasco, Pavia, Italy) specialises in the maintenance of frames, hooks, and piecehanging accessories intended for coating lines and in the recovery of coated parts that present any defects. During its history, it has implemented all development stages of the various stripping technologies. “PSP was among the first companies to start a paint stripping contracting business at the end of the 1980s,” says Massimiliano Prederi, the owner of this firm together with his wife Elena. “The development of this field contributed to regulate both the paint stripping of coating hooks and the recovery of defective parts, which used to be performed with operations that did not respect health and the environment. “PSP started by using the cryogenic technology to paint strip frames and hooks. Then, we implemented the thermal technology with a pyrolytic oven for the Opening photo: Car components such as windscreen wipers and roof rails are among the most complex products to paint strip.
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N. 57 - MAY/JUNE 2019 - international PAINT&COATING magazine