INNOVATIONS: PRESENT&FUTURE
An Innovative Technology for Automatically Shot Blasting the Internal Surfaces of Electric Water Heaters Davide Silva ITF Srl, Mesero, Milan, Italy
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oating the inside of their tanks is essential to protect electric
product. The coating lines required for finishing boilers can be semi-
water heaters from corrosion, since, by their very nature, their
automatic or automatic. These are faced with several critical issues,
internal surfaces are cyclically in contact with water, whose
including the significant dimensional variability of tanks, the need to
aggressiveness increases as the operating temperature rises. Typically,
work with a continuous flow and a high efficiency degree, and the high
indeed, the finishing cycle of these devices for domestic use focusses
coating quality required.
on the internal surfaces of their tanks and it involves mechanical pre-
ITF, a company active in the production of shot blasting, industrial
treatment through shot blasting and enamelling with a liquid or powder
cleaning, and deburring equipment, has developed very innovative,
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The shot blasting system designed and manufactured by ITF for domestic boilers.
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