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ACP SYSTEMS AG In addition to achieving the target cleanliness values and demonstrating high process speeds and reliability, the quattroClean process also impressed with its robustness and cost-effectiveness. According to the OEM’s calculations, investment costs are only a quarter of those for a wet-chemical process, and operating costs are less than half. acp systems AG, www.acp-systems.com About acp systems Founded in Stuttgart in 1997, acp systems AG is today among the international market and technology leaders when it comes to efficient CO2 snow jet cleaning. The company’s patented quattroClean technology is a dry, gentle and resource-saving process which removes particulate and filmic contamination from almost any technical material. It is also suitable for cleaning electronic and electromechanical components, providing reproducible results. The scalable quattroClean system with industrial 4.0 capability can be used for full-surface or selective cleaning, for example to clean welding, bonding and sealing surfaces. acp also specializes in automating cleaning processes and integrating them into networked production, assembly and coating lines. The combined effect of the four mechanisms of action enables particulate and filmic contamination to be reliably removed from plastics (with or without fiber reinforcement) and metallic components via an inline automated process. 144 2020 - 2021 read online: www.surfaceworld.com