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Eurotherm Supplied an Automatic Powder Coating Plant to the British Manufacturer Broxap Original article appeared in Daily Focus - https://daily-focus.co.uk/
Broxap has relied on Eurotherm for the installation of modern, automatic powder coating plant equipped with a pre-treatment area and a power & free overhead conveyor.
T
he British street furniture manufacturer
commitment to put sustainability at the heart
preparation to the following powder coating
Broxap has revolutionised its
of our operations and the new automated
process as well as a power & free system,
production processes by installing a
powder coating system is one of the most
which allows for the manual loading of
new custom-built automated powder coating
significant investments we have made to
products before they travel through the
plant from the Italian company Eurotherm.
reduce our carbon footprint. The system not
processing areas via an automatic overhead
The introduction of this new cutting-edge
only respects the environment, it improves the
conveyor that can handle the wide range of
technology is the latest phase of an extensive
quality and safety of working conditions for
shapes and sizes of Broxap products.
sustainable manufacturing project, which
our production teams, delivers better flexibility
The pre-treatment cycle devised by Chemtec
will allow the Chesterton-based company to
for management and provides excellent
and supplied by its British distributor Metavate
drastically reduce its carbon footprint as well
results for customers,” Matthew Miles,
Ltd, is a 4 stages process which includes
as improve the quality and safety of operators’
Managing Director of Broxap stated.
an alkaline degreasing with SACHE AST 01
working conditions.
combined with no-foam surfactants DNAD
“Maintaining high standards in product
The automatic powder coating plant
quality while reducing the environmental
The newly-installed automated powder
with purified water by a reverse osmosis
impact of operations is a big challenge for
coating system includes a highly innovative
system supplied by Chemtec. Afterwards,
manufacturers. At Broxap we have made a
pre-treatment stage for the workpiece’s
the nanotechnology passivating agent
NOF and three rinsing stages, the last one
PRONORTEC MM-04 is atomised in the final © Eurotherm
spray bar, which creates a 50–nanometre thick hydrophobic coating, improving paint adhesion and corrosion resistance on the metal substrate. The nanotechnology product PRONORTEC MM-04 can be applied to any degreased, nonoxidised or rinsed metal surface by spraying, dipping or atomising. Moreover, it does not require a final rinse and allows Broxap to automatically dose products to achieve the required pH and conductivity levels. Finally, as it does not contain heavy metals such as zinc, chromium or nickel, it increases the healthiness of the working environment, as well as eliminating disposal and maintenance costs and halving energy consumption. The new powder coating plant will indeed help the company to reduce waste, save energy
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