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Dürr Supplies 16 Coating Robots to Turkish Aerospace As part of a project for automated painting in the aviation industry, 16 robots from Dürr have been installed at Turkish Aerospace’s factory.
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ixteen EcoRP E133 coating robots from Dürr will paint more
role in aircraft’s brand recognition. So, Dürr enhanced its water-based
than 50 different components in the high-tech production
and solvent-based 2C paints system, previously intended for the
facility of the aerospace company Turkish Aerospace in Ankara.
automotive industry, to meet this new challenge: the system meters
Dürr has developed a solution that enables both water-based and
and mixes the three necessary components, so that the incompatible
solvent-based 2C and 3C paints to be metered and mixed directly in
water-based and solvent-based paints can be processed directly in
the robot in an economical and highly precise way.
the robot without coming into contact with each other.
Although most of the components in the aircraft industry are still
This kind of technology has never been mounted so close to the
coated manually, Turkish Aerospace is planning to manufacture
atomizers before, but it thus minimizes paint and solvent losses when
large numbers of components for Airbus and Boeing that will be
changing colour and saves time.
automatically painted in the two new paint shops.
The system uses EcoGun spray guns, which are highly precise and
Meeting high requirements for aircraft coatings
particularly suitable for painting large components up to 10 meters in length.
Coatings used in the aviation industry need to adhere to high
They also allow faster completion than manual coating and produces
functional and safety requirements, because of the temperatures
less overspray. In addition, recirculated air can be used in the fully
and weather conditions they are exposed to – negative 76 ºF to
automated paint booths in order to save energy.
140 ºF. Moreover, aesthetic and colour scheme play an important
The DXQ3D.onsite software will enable operators to configure the
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