SUCCESS STORIES
Coating Gas Cylinders Uniformly
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Graco rotary bell atomizer and
When it comes to coating gas
proportioning system have reduced
cylinders so that they resist these
Time to upgrade the paint shop
paint waste, improved uniformity
In 2016 it became apparent that after
from Bad Hönningen in Germany are
ten years of faithful service, Carbo’s paint
testing and reduced cleaning time and
experts. Every year, this producer
shop was beginning to show signs of
costs.
and supplier of technical gases
aging and needed upgrading.
In a lifetime that can be ten years or
inspects and paints around 30,000
A temporary solution was put in place that
more, gas cylinders must be capable of
cylinders, from small cylinders
allowed painting to continue using a paint
withstanding a variety of stresses, such as
measuring 20 cm in height and 50
gun without electrostatic technology.
exposure to severe weather conditions,
mm in diameter, to large models as
However, its high amount of overspray
and resisting damage during transport and
tall as a man and of diameter 230
was increasing paint consumption and
storage.
mm (Fig. 1).
cleaning, which all added to the unit’s
© Luc Hilderson
stresses, Carbo Kohlensäurewerke
of paint distribution, improved ultrasonic
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Figure 1: Carbo Kohlensäurewerke from Bad Hönningen in Germany produces and paints around 30,000 gas cylinders every year.
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N. 51 - MAY/JUNE 2018 - international PAINT&COATING magazine
