On-site reports

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Donelli Eos’ Strategic Role in the Corrosion Protection of Offshore Structures

Thanks to its favourable location in the port of Ravenna (Italy), Donelli Eos, a Donelli Group company specialising in anti-corrosion coating and fireproofing of offshore structures, has become a benchmark supplier not only for shipbuilding businesses in the port but also for firms throughout Italy that need to adequately protect their structures against corrosion before they are exposed to the harsh environmental conditions caused by the salinity of the sea.

Coatings

01OTT

Metallic and Special-Effect Powder Coatings for Emboss’ Three-Dimensional Cladding Surfaces

Powder coating, with its evolving colour, decorative, and aesthetic effects that imitate natural surfaces and improve both the appearance and the functional performance of the treated components, is increasingly the preferred choice of architects and designers for finishing architectural elements, such as metal cladding. That is also thanks to the collaboration and joint experimentation between metal panel manufacturers and powder coating manufacturers. In this article, we recount the professional partnership between Emboss Panels, a specialist in the production of metal panels with three-dimensional effects, and TIGER Coatings, which supplies it with special-effect, matte and flat matte, metallic, and anodised-like powder coatings to enrich its products’ sculpted surfaces.

Plants and technologies

30SET

Azeta Confirms Itself as a Pioneer in Aluminium Coating Through a New Vertical Line Combined with an Innovative IPS Powder Feeding System

Based in Muro Leccese, in the Salento region of Apulia (Italy), Azeta Srl was one of the first businesses in this area to specialise in the processing and surface treatment of aluminium and the first to patent, in the 1990s, a wood-effect coating applied with a liquid-on-powder cycle on this material. It is also the first company in the Italian aluminium industry to have recently installed an automatic vertical powder coating plant by Euroimpianti for profiles combined with Wagner’s latest powder feeding and control device, the IPS system, to increase its production capacity and reorganise its workforce more effectively.

Corrosion Protection, Plants and technologies, Pretreatments

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The Perfect Combination of Mechanical and Chemical Pre-Treatment Improves the Corrosion Protection of the Coatings Applied on ABF Color’s Heavy and Light Metal Fabrications

Powder coating contractor ABF Color has identified mechanical pre-treatment as the key to its success. This company was indeed one of the last coaters to be established in its area but one of the first to install a shot blasting machine from Carlo Banfi, now an OMSG brand, for the mechanical pre-treatment of large parts. In 2023, it acquired its third coating plant, retaining its trusted suppliers, including OMSG, Silvi, Gema, and Futura, and combining mechanical pre-treatment with a chemical stage for even more effective substrate preparation.

Plants and technologies

05AGO

Novation Tech: A New Liquid Coating Line to Treat Carbon Fibre Components for High-End Cars

When coating carbon-fibre components for premium cars, flawless cosmetic finishes and excellent corrosion and weathering resistance are vital. This challenge recently prompted Novation Tech, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of carbon fibre and composite components, to install a new coating plant. For this ambitious project, it turned to a pool of leading companies in the industrial coating sector: Linea Eco Air for designing and installing the plant, SE.PO. for the conveyor, and CMA Robotics for robotic application equipment.

Plants and technologies

31LUG

An Innovative Side Extraction System in a New Coating Booth for SBB’s Rolling Stock

The main workshops of the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) in Bellinzona, responsible for the maintenance of the company’s fleet, recently pioneered a significant innovation in the field of booth air treatment. In collaboration with Eurotherm, the Italian plant engineering company that won the tender to supply SBB’s three maintenance sites with new coating systems, they installed a booth with a side extraction system that not only guarantees flexibility and energy savings but also avoids the need for excavations to build a floor system, thus also speeding up delivery and meeting the tight deadlines.

Coatings, Plants and technologies

30MAG

When Every Detail Matters: La Marzocco’s New Coating Plant

A cutting-edge, water-based coating cycle, a new plant designed by Silvi in collaboration with Futura and CMA Robotics, and a water treatment system supplied by Water Energy to optimise environmental sustainability: these were the technical choices made by La Marzocco, an Italian manufacturer of excellence in the industry of high-end professional coffee machines.

Coatings, Plants and technologies

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A New Laser Scanner System for Pintarelli Verniciature’s Programming-Free, Automatic Powder Coating Plant: a Further Boost to the Quality of Its Certified Coatings

Pintarelli Verniciature is one of the best-known companies in the contract powder coating industry thanks to its ability to anticipate market needs, its research into internationally certified processes, and its collaboration with universities and firms in the sector to study and develop quality-oriented solutions. The latest one, implemented in January, was a Dynamic Contour Detection system from Gema.