An automotive supplier that manufactures plastic parts as well as highly integrated modules for the automotive industry in large-scale production invested in a new paint shop. It was to include the areas of pretreatment, water dryer, scarfing booth, primer booth, basecoat booth, clearcoat booth, clearcoat dryer, paint supply with high-runner systems, and piggable special paint systems, while operating transparently, highly efficiently, and fully automatically, including conveyor system and lifting and lowering stations - in short, a plant that meets 100 percent Industry 4.0 criteria.
An analysis of the overall energy requirements showed that a solvent-based coating system is the better solution in terms of energy, as the additional dryers and cooling zones of a water-based coating system would unnecessarily drive up energy requirements.
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