Surface specialist GBneuhaus has developed spray coating under cleanroom conditions as a thin-film technology. This enables the coating of complex 3D geometries on glass, metal and plastics. The new pilot plant is based on this. "The idea of our project was to completely redevelop the previous pilot plant," says the company boss. "Based on manufacturing under cleanroom conditions, the upstream and downstream technology steps of pretreatment, activation and crosslinking/evaporation are additionally included in the EX-protected cleanroom production and the complete process is fully automated to avoid human input. Such technology and plant concepts were previously unknown."
Project manager Christoph Wenzel, who with his team was largely responsible for the successful commissioning of the pilot plant, says: "The project was well realized despite supply bottlenecks caused by pandemic and geopolitical crises over the past three years. We are now looking forward to shaping further developments and innovative solutions with our customers." GBneuhaus became known as a specialist in dip coatings for glass, especially for the automotive industry. GBneuhaus offers functional coatings such as optical, mechanical and chemically resistant functional coatings (UV protection, scratch protection, et cetera) or even biological protective coatings with antimicrobial or antiviral effects.