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Zanardo Spa: The Best of Process, Product, and Digital Technologies for a New Cataphoresis and Powder Finishing Line Devoted to Electrical Cabinets Alessia Venturi ipcm
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In 2019 company Zanardo S.p.A in collaboration with Imel (Codroipo, Udine, Italy), started to develop a new, and advanced coating line able to guarantee a productivity level adequate to its growing needs. This resulted into a plant that integrates all the latest cataphoresis and powder coating technologies as well as Imel’s 4.0 platform i4paintshop, which has in fact tripled the productivity of the previous powder finishing systems used by the company. It is also the first line in Europe to use Elecron LB 280, an epoxy cataphoresis coating produced by Kansai Paints.
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The components of Zanardo S.p.A.’s electrical cabinets are subjected to cataphoresis in the plant designed by Imel. The picture shows the two elevators of the Futura conveyor, which handle four racks at a time in the two treatment tanks.
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N. 66 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 - international PAINT&COATING magazine