BRAND-NEW
SPECIAL ISSUE ON ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Architectural Flex, the New Solution for Coil Coating by Europolveri Europolveri launched Series 2 Architectural Flex, a new powder coatings series for coil coating and Phase Change Materials.
T
he coil coating process, introduced in
(hazardous substances like TGIC and heavy
Architectural Flex that incorporates the range
the 50s’ for coating automatically steel
metals) while preserving the technical
of products suitable for coil coating and PCM
strips, drastically changed the way of
characteristics requested by approval and
(Phase Change Material) sheet plates.
thinking and designing architectural products.
regulatory body such as ECCA (European Coil
The above-mentioned products are highly
Today, thanks to its competitiveness, it is
Coating Association), Qualicoat, GSB, AAMA
customized since they need to meet the
estimated that approximately 80% of the flat
• Single coat application with 60-80 micron of
characteristics of each single installation, as
surfaces such as roofs, façades, countertops,
powder
they differ for one customer to another. For
sound absorbing panels, domestic appliances,
• Higher corrosion resistance compared to
this reason, Europolveri technicians and R&D
etc. are produced from pre-painted coils.
post-painted products
department develop products side by side
In the 80’s coil coating of aluminium strips with
• Improved thickness and shade stability for
with every customer to answer to their specific
powder coatings became an important reality
the production of large architectural projects
needs such as application speed, technology
in the architectural business even though it
(>500 m )
and crosslinking requests.
was not possible to technically achieve the
• Total recyclability of the finished product as
Coil coating with powder coatings still
application speed of 110-130 m/min typically
second-choice aluminium.
represents a market niche in relation to the
reached with liquid solvent-based coatings.
Founded in 1982 and leader in powder
whole coil coating sector; nevertheless, it is a
Among the several advantages linked to the
coatings production, Europolveri is well
still growing technology thanks to easiness of
use of this new technique, the most important
introduced in the architectural market since
colour change and to the wide availability of
is its “process sustainability” that gave a boost
it was homologated by Qualicoat in 1998. In
colours and finishing.
to the development of this technology.
addition, it is capable of providing all wood
Europolveri offers solid and reliable
Modern application plants that use powder
effects technologies such as “Sublimation”
partnership to face the new challenges of a
coatings allow:
and “Powder-on-Powder” (Qualideco PS-011
more demanding market regarding quality and
• Closed-loop processes (defined as zero-
approval).
speed of service.
discharge) that do not release pollutants
Regarding the specific coil coating application
• The use of coating free VOC-free (Volatile
technology, Europolveri created a brand-new
For further information:
Organic Compounds) and SVHC-free
series of products under the name Series 2
www.europolveri.it
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