Topics surface technology

Renewing existing conveyor systems in parts and adapting them to new requirements is an interesting economic alternative that is suitable for various types of conveyor technology, from board conveyor technology to electric monorail systems.

Producing refrigerated and deep-freeze cabinets in stock was yesterday. The Spanish specialist for commercial refrigeration Frost-trol equips large chains in the food trade with brand-specific configured systems in the area of commercial refrigeration exactly according to customer requirements and commissioned a state-of-the-art production facility for this purpose.

In industrial electronics manufacturing, the cleaning and structuring of surfaces is often realised with lasers that do not meet all requirements in terms of beam quality or output power. A new ns-pulsed laser represents an alternative in both fields of application.

Bath elements in different shapes and colours - Bette GmbH & Co. KG from Delbrück is a premium manufacturer of bathtubs, shower surfaces, shower trays and washbasins made of glazed titanium steel. The production process is associated with high demands on the required compressed air.

The pressure from REACH on the electroplating industry is increasing. Betz-Chrom from Gräfelfing is working intensively on the further development of an alternative hard chrome process. The results are promising - but a comprehensive replacement of the classic hard chrome is still not foreseeable.

After authorisation is before authorisation: Now that the first authorisation period of chromium(VI) is about to end, companies already have to deal with re-authorisation. In this regard, Vecco e.V. offers an overall concept to facilitate the future with chromium(VI).

Bath maintenance plays a central role in the quality assurance of high-quality painting and coating processes. A Dutch company has developed effective technologies for this purpose, from magnetic separators for ultra-fine particles to fluid dynamic oil separators and active vacuum belt filters.

A new mobile air purification device removes viruses very effectively from indoor air. This is confirmed by a recent study at the University of Stuttgart. There, the air purifier was tested with real pathogens. The pleasing result: The device filters 99.982 percent of the viruses from the room air.

The cleaning process with Sword Brushes requires very little maintenance and achieves a consistently high cleaning performance even in continuous operation. The precise conveying system of the new EVO 500 enables the loading robot to transport narrow multiple blanks in exactly the right position.

The terms cleanliness and purity of materials require a more detailed definition. Since the materials, whether as moulded parts or films, are present in their surface, the term cleanliness may be appropriate here, since cleanliness of materials can refer to the structure, i.e. also the internal structure of an overall body.