CONFERENCES
ACE 2016: The technological evolution of coating plants and systems for agricultural, construction and earthmoving machinery
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n December 14th 2016, ipcm organized overview of the state of the art and of the the technical conference “ACE 2016 – latest innovations as regards coating products The technological evolution of coating and plants. In this way, it gave the specialists plants and systems for the ACE industry” which of the agricultural, construction and took place at the CNR – Centro Nazionale earthmoving industry the tools to understand Ricerche (National Research Center) in Bologna, which innovation path is best for their Italy. companies in terms of feasibility, finances and The industry of agricultural, construction and performance. earthmoving (ACE) machinery is a very large The different reports will provide insights on sector that generates a significant demand for the concept of industry 4.0 applied to the coatings, posing very specific and stringent coating field and presented success stories requirements in terms of performance, corrosion protection and aesthetics. Actually, these machines call for finishes with an aesthetic quality comparable to that of the automotive industry, but with even higher mechanical resistance properties: in fact, the coatings applied must withstand extreme working conditions, able to trigger corrosion very easily. Furthermore, in terms of management of the coating systems, the ACE industry Figure 1: Overview of the audience at the conference. requires increasingly sophisticated and highly automated equipment, able to of companies from the ACE sector that have ensure energy efficiency, reduction of labor and process optimisation in order to boost profit adopted advanced coating systems over the past two years. margins. Finally, the plants must enable a company to The program of the conference was as follows: choose to replace the conventional solventbased systems with coatings characterised Technological trends in the coating industry for the ACE sector: the greatest challenges in by a lower environmental impact, such as the near future for paints - Massimo Trevisan, water-based and high solids paints, or with mixed systems that are perfectly adapted to the Komatsu Manufacturing Italy specific quality requirements. The ACE 2016 conference offered in-depth Pre-cataphoresis nanotechnology processes examination of these issues through a detailed - André Bernasconi, Dollmar
Coating plants: solutions for energy efficiency, reduction of manpower and maximum quality. Presentation of international cases of success - Alessandro Tramontin, Imel Benefits and developments of cataphoresis in the ACE Sector - Stefano Ballotta, Inver-Valspar Industrialisation of Direct to Metal paint cycles: the contribution to application technologies & engineering systems Alessandro Soba, Verind The trend towards the introduction of low VOC content paints: performance, appearance and application differences Marzio Marchesi, Arsonsisi Getting to the next level of ACE: new binders, adhesion promoters and grinding resins for low VOC coatings Heiko Alzer, Evonik Powder-on-powder systems to increase corrosion protection in the ACE sector Tullio Rossini, Akzo Nobel Coatings The concept of industry 4.0 applied to the coating field - UCIF Over 90 professional of the sector attended the conference in Bologna (Fig. 1): they could benefit both from the technical presentations and from the meeting area where they could interact directly with sponsor partners to create unique opportunity for business and information exchange.
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