HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
Aluminium and Plastic Paints: Diverse Industrial Needs, a Single Quality Requirement Edited by Sames Kremlin Pioltello (Milan), Italy
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marie-anne.guilldou@sames-kremlin.com
ars, motorbikes, bicycles, smartphones,
technique: electrostatic spraying. The principle
Sames Kremlin is deploying solutions for
laptops, coffee machines... So many
is to electrically charge the paint droplets
major global players in the aluminium
products whose aluminium and plastic
or powder grains and direct them towards
wheel industry. If these are painted in a
painted parts present a great diversity of
the part to be treated, which is earthed. The
single coat, powder coating is chosen for its
shapes, sizes, colours, layers to be applied and
paint is deposited in a perfectly uniform layer,
profitability and productivity. “We combine
quantities to be processed. Sames Kremlin
without forming aggregates. It covers the
electrostatic spraying with a bell rotating at
meets these needs with a wide range of
entire part, including the back side and hard-
tens of thousands of revolutions per minute: it
solutions. What they have in common is the
to-reach areas.
improves the dispersion of the powder grains,
quality of the result.
and therefore the quality of application.”
quality, one industrial sector is the most
Avoiding touch-ups, not wasting paint
demanding: the automotive industry. It is with
“The quality of the finish is such that touch-
bell has the same productivity as 2 to 3
this sector that Sames Kremlin has acquired
ups are minor or even unnecessary; the
automatic guns from the competition.
its credentials over the decades by developing
manufacturer saves a lot of time”, explains
a whole range of solutions. They allow the
Marie-Anne Guilldou, EMEA Marketing
application of powder or liquid paints, solvent
Coordinator at Sames Kremlin. “The
Automotive bumpers: the ultimate in high standards
or water-based, for series of all sizes and
proportion of sprayed paint that reaches the
For smaller volumes and/or multi-tone rims,
for all types of parts: aluminium bodies of
part, which we call the transfer rate, rises to
liquid paint is the best choice: it allows much
top-of-the-range models, wheel rims, tailgate
80% for liquid paint compared to 60% for
faster colour changes. Here again, electrostatic
elements, bumpers, interior plastics of the
pneumatic application, while recycling rate
spraying and a rotating bell are combined in
dashboard or the trim, etc.
approaches 100% for powder applications
the Nanobell 803, launched in 2021, which
Aluminium and conductive plastic parts
(and zero VOCs!). The result is product savings
succeeds the famous PPH 308.
are suitable for the ultimate application
that accelerate the return on investment.”
The automotive sector is just as demanding
When it comes to paints and application
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Sames Kremlin is the only player in the market to offer this solution, called Inobell. A rotating
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The automotive industry is one of the sectors that is increasingly demanding application quality.
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