Designed like a 'plus', the factory is located in the middle of the forest. The design comes from well-known architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The roof is greened and equipped with 1,200 solar panels. These provide the building with sufficient energy, among other things. The building's energy consumption is 60 percent lower and releases 55 percent fewer greenhouse gases than comparable conventional factories. The cross-shaped geometry provides an efficient work flow. From the all-round glazed central courtyard, there is a 360° view of all production departments.
An overhead conveyor moves the steel parts for the furniture past the inner courtyard to an automated surface treatment plant. In the plant, the 800-meter-long Power & Free conveyor system transports the parts in sequence through pretreatment, the adhesive water dryer, the cooling zone and then through the powder coating booth. The application is carried out by two robots that coat using dense phase powder conveying technology - this helps both to save compressed air and to achieve consistently uniform coating thicknesses.
Details can be found in mo issue 11/2022 or online here!