PAINT & POWDER plant modules or initiate the next steps are reduced .”“ The control panels themselves are Nordson standard and feature icon-driven and intuitive user ability .
The Results : Industry 4.0 – Top quality and economy
Development toward Industry 4.0 will increase : All plant areas are networked , communicate and complement each other to provide fully automated production . It enables customers to move away from series production and manufacture the various modules of a refrigeration system exclusively on a project-by-project basis as required .
The overall production is based on the high flexibility of the individual modules , especially in the powder coating system . “ On average , we carry out about eight color changes per shift . This is a big step forward compared to the old system ; whereas it used to take around 25 consuming minutes for a color change , it is now done in 10 to 12 minutes , without stress and almost automatically ,” says a pleased Mr . Cubillas .
Similar to the entire plant , the dense phase powder coating system operates in two shifts ,
16 hours a day , five days a week . For powder coating of surfaces that come into contact with food , an antibacterial powder is used that is somewhat difficult to handle . Nevertheless , the system produces an uniform quality finish . Refinishing is virtually unnecessary . “ Consistently achieving this quality every time is very important for us , because the finished refrigerated cabinets later stand in the very bright light of our customer ’ s retail outlets , and their demands for a perfect finish are quite high .”
The coating is applied at 60 to 70 µ and at the same time it provides a highly uniform finish that eliminates the need for reworking .
A major advantage of the innovative coating system can also be seen with the two new coating systems ; a doubled output is now achieved with a nearly 20 % reduction in powder consumption at the same time .
Jorge Herreros concludes , “ The new coating line with Nordson HDLV technology plays a major role in our high demands for quality as well as sustainability of our products and fulfills our modern project production with batch size one absolutely economically .“
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