AUTO SECTOR MOVES TOWARDS POWDER FROM LIQUID SPRAY COATINGS
September 1st, 2014
Until recently, the automotive sector relied more heavily on liquid spray coatings and resins than other industries, but this trend is changing, with powder coatings becoming more popular. One stumbling block regarding efficiency improvements centred on the type of conveyor belts used to move the parts, which are dictated by load weight. A breakthrough came between 2008 and 2012 with the European Commission's ‘Powder protected cardan chain in industrial floor conveyors’ (Protecc) project which has developed a chain floor conveyor system capable of moving ...
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