SUCCESS STORIES
Shot Blasting Pretreatment with AGTOS Technology for Liquid Coating of Agricultural Machinery More than 1,000 parts are needed to assemble the finished products of GÖWEIL and 90% of them have to be blasted in preparation for the subsequent coating process. The company then invested over €27 million in a new surface and assembly centre with a new liquid coating plant completed with AGTOS blasting technology.
T
he surfaces of agricultural machinery are exposed to heavy
increased to about € 50 million. As a unique selling proposition, the
mechanical stress. Therefore, a coating with good adhesion is
products are supplied exclusively for the professional sector, mainly to
required. In addition to the protective function, this also has the
contractors.
task of presenting the value of the machine in a visually appealing way.
The demands on the machines are correspondingly high, which also
This has been recognised by GÖWEIL, and implemented accordingly.
applies to the surfaces.
Since 1988, GÖWEIL has epitomised excellence in the area of baling quality. Originally, the company specialised in the production of
The new surface and assembly centre on the greenfield site
agricultural machines, but now it manufactures also several machines
At the beginning of 2022, a new surface and assembly centre with a
for industrial use and its other core areas of activities include bale
floor space of approx. 16,600 m² in Rainbach im Mühlkreis (Austria)
opening and transport devices, high-lift buckets and blade sharpeners.
was put into operation. Since then, the preliminary products from
Through the extremely high export share, GÖWEIL machines are not
the company’s own plant in nearby Kirchschlag as well as from other
just known in Europe, but rather they are known and used worldwide.
suppliers have been processed and finished here. Herbert Göweil is
So, the number of employees grew to more than 300 and the turnover
pleased with the new production facility: “We are very satisfied with the
and wrapping technology thanks to a product selection of unsurpassed
© AGTOS
© AGTOS
Workpieces for agricultural equipment after the blasting process.
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N. 84 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023 - international PAINT&COATING magazine