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Painting cell for coating visors

Trade show demo as a showcase for K-Messe, the world's leading plastics trade fair

Customer
Momentive Performance Materials,
High-performance silicones

Year
2022

The highlights at a glance
Elimination of semi-finished products and tools, independence from geometry and volume thanks to low fixed costs and optimized warehousing, digital process chain with fast response times and short distribution channels, „just-in-sequence“ finishing“
Requires only ⅙ of the area and energy compared to a classic spraying process
Qualitatively better results, as the paint thickness can be adjusted to the exact micrometer.
Um 90 % geringerer Materialverbrauch im Vergleich zu herkömmlicher Sprühtechnik
Classic paint effects such as frame effects and paint runs are achievable.
No elaborate stenciling or taping necessary
Changes in the decor can be made in seconds by changing the digital dataset.
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The project
The challenge

Why spray when you can print? That was the guiding question that preceded the showcase – and one that many manufacturers of plastic parts in industrial processes are surely asking themselves. The highlight: coating a polycarbonate visor using an industrial robot at industrial-grade speed and accuracy.

The solution

The compact painting booth, based on our robot cell (Type: A-cell), can paint a complex 3D surface with low investment and a small footprint, directly adjacent to the SGM. Explosion protection is not even necessary due to the low material emission into the environment, which underscores the sustainability of the solution. The application was developed with the InkBOT from fpt robotics (KUKA articulated robot with printhead). Xaar 1003 GS12, which delivers 360 dots per inch „dpi“) as well as the UVHC 3000 implemented by Momentive Performance Materials.

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Business Development – Digital Surface Technology
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