SUCCESS STORIES
SPECIAL ON AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTATION
T
he powder coating of wheels for the automotive industry
© WAGNER
C-Line: The Most Flexible Powder Coating Solution for Wheels transfer efficiency and even layer thicknesses. During the coating process, the 3D axis system
places high demands
on manufacturers. Increasing
moves all powder guns through
customisation, different wheel sizes,
the booth simultaneously with
superlative surface quality and a wide
the wheel (Fig. 2). The guns are
variety of colours are just some of
arranged opposite each other in
these. The flexible and extendable
order to make the best possible
C-Line coating unit from WAGNER
use of the “moving powder cloud”.
is the ideal, compact solution for
This means that, even at high
high-quality, highly automated wheel
throughput speeds of up to
coating (Fig. 1). It was developed
7 m/min, a wide and stable
especially for coating wheels in the
powder cloud is produced that
automotive industry. Key design
yields outstanding coating results
criteria included the smallest possible
for wheels between 13” and 24”
footprint to allow easy integration into
in diameter. At the same time,
existing production systems.
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The compact construction of the means that it occupies just one third as much space as well-known systems
Figure 1: C-Line unit in the WAGNER Technology Center in Markdorf (Germany), with PXS powder centre.
be programmed and controlled to suit the wheel type and positioned fully automatically. © WAGNER
C-Line, with its 2-meter booth length,
each individual powder gun can
currently available on the market. To achieve maximum coating quality, the C-Line from WAGNER uses cutting-edge control technology. It is self-explanatory and offers the user a superb level of user-friendliness and control. The parameters are input entirely visually, with the guns being assigned their position via a visual “teach-in” method. Complex parametrisation processes are dispensed with, and no programming skills are needed. In view of the present shortage of skilled workers, this represents a major bonus when it comes to staff deployment. 2 1
The modern application technology also performs impressively on complex wheel geometries, with superlative
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Figure 2: The modern application technology performs impressively on complex wheel geometries, with superlative transfer efficiency and even layer thicknesses.
N. 57 - MAY/JUNE 2019 - international PAINT&COATING magazine