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Anodikit® ZONE: The Most Innovative and Compact Plant Available for Anodising Elia Schaer Alsan, Álvarez Schaer S.L.U. – Paterna (Valencia) – Spain
alsan@alsan.es
Alsan has developed Anodikit® ZONE, a new compact, automated system that can carry out the anodising process in accordance with the Qualanod specifications.
hroughout the history of aluminium, several obstacles have
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Pre-treatment of aluminium profiles before the anodising process
prevented sector players from entering the world of anodising.
This first automatic, multi-process spray tank houses all the aluminium
The high investment required, the need for large spaces
pre-treatment stages required before the formation of the anodic layer,
to install a system, and the obligation to hire different qualified
such as degreasing, neutralisation, etc. Each of the different chemical
employees able to follow the regulations in force are just a few of the
products is pumped, followed by its related rinse, without changing the
factors that have limited the development of one of the safest and
frame that carries the profiles. The dynamic system handling the parts
highest quality processes available to protect aluminium. Alsan’s new
guarantees treatment homogeneity on all their surfaces through the
plant, called ZONE, solves all these issues. It is a compact, automatic
precise control of process and emptying times.
anodising line, only requiring an area of 250 m2 for installation and little investment, which allows carrying out this process safely and in
Anodising stage
compliance with all Qualanod quality requirements. The full process
This station includes a standard immersion tank, a rectifier, refrigeration
is carried out in just three tanks with the following functions:
equipment with a closed-loop cold water circulation system, a bath
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A bird’s eye view of the plant.
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