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Opening photo: Specialising in the paint stripping field since 1991, MEC Srl has recently designed and installed a pyrolytic oven devoted to thermal stripping.
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How to Make Paint Stripping More Sustainable, Safe, and Efficient: MEC Srl’s New Pyrolytic Oven Ilaria Paolomelo ipcm®
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fundamental but often little
applications, such as chemical, cryogenic,
these devices collect several layers of paint
considered aspect of the production
mechanical, and thermal.
on their surfaces, which can compromise
flow of companies operating in the
Hanging systems, including hooks, bars,
their conductivity thus jeopardising
industrial coating sector is the paint stripping
frames, grilles, protective casings and
painting quality. In fact, about 40% of the
phase. This process enables to remove
so on, are often subjected to this type
sprayed coating accumulates on them,
any trace of paint from the surface of a
of treatment. Used to hang workpieces
resulting in considerable problems in
metal product without altering its physical
onto overhead conveyors prior to coating,
terms of both quality level and costs. It is
properties, through different types of
especially with electrostatic application,
therefore extremely important to remove
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