INNOVATIONS IN SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR METAL ARCHITECTURE
FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY
Alumero: An Investment in the Coating Quality of Aluminium Profiles
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specialises in the design
problem that many
and construction of
manufacturers
customised aluminium
from different sectors
structures. “Such
face when it comes
problems were due
to finishing, if it is
partly to the big
outsourced, is related
changes occurred in
to quality consistency
the formulations of
and to the possibility to
chemical products
obtain different quality
and powder
levels for products with
coatings to meet
different intended uses.
the more restrictive
This is especially true in
environmental
industries where surface
regulations, and partly
treatment products and
to our difficulties in
technologies evolve so rapidly that contractors do not always manage to keep pace with innovations and their
maintaining constant
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and timely control
Figure 1: The new powder coating plant installed by Euroimpianti Srl of Valeggio sul Mincio (Verona, Italy).
on the work of our providers. That is why in 2017 we decided to insource all our coating
related investments.
activities, installing a technologically advanced
Let us consider the aluminium profile
“In the last five years, we had found an
sector. With the banning of Chromium VI,
increasing number of quality issues in our
horizontal line,” says Šlamberger (Fig. 1).
the introduction of the REACH chemical
suppliers’ coated parts,” states Boris Šlamberger,
“Alumero’s coating quality level is too
substance monitoring register, and the
the plant manager of Alumero d.o.o.
important to accept even the slightest defects.
increase in performance requirements, which
This company, based in Bistrica (Slovenia) and
We paint both profiles and sheets for doors,
more and more often must comply with the
belonging to the Austrian Group ALUMERO,
curtain walls, fences, and so on. Coating
Qualicoat 2 specifications
aluminium sheet
for architecture, keeping
components, especially if intended for private
control over the quality of coated profiles is a challenge for the manufacturers that chose to entrust their finishing treatments to third parties (ref. Opening photo).
With the banning of Chromium VI, the introduction of the REACH chemical substance monitoring register, and the increase in performance requirements, which more and more often must comply with the Qualicoat 2 specifications for architecture, keeping control over the quality of coated profiles is a challenge for the manufacturers that chose to entrust their finishing treatments to third parties.”
homes, is even more difficult than treating profiles: they require the highest aesthetic quality level possible. For all these reasons, we decided to install
Opening photo: Application of powder coatings on profiles at Alumero d.o.o of Bistrica (Slovenia).
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