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EcoPaintJet Pro by Dürr Wins Surface Technology Award 2022 Dürr’s EcoPaintJet Pro application technology won the innovation award “DIE OBERFLÄCHE” organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation.
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coPaintJet Pro by Dürr, which can
sensor mounted on the robot measures the
“We at Dürr are very proud of the almost
automatically paint complex car body
deviation of the car body to be painted from
20-strong team, which has been putting
surfaces without overspray and applying
the reference pattern. The robot controller
great effort and dedication into this invention
individual design elements without the need
adjusts the painting paths in real time.
since 2008. The innovative strength of our
for masking, won the innovation award „DIE
The speed and tilt angle of the applicator are
employees is the basis for our company’s
OBERFLÄCHE“ organized by the Fraunhofer
also controlled so that the paint is always
success,” says Dr. Jochen Weyrauch, CEO of
Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and
applied evenly and there is no overspray and
Dürr AG. “The EcoPaintJet Pro reflects a key
Automation since 2012, which was presented
no need for masking. In a standard production
focus in our development work: sustainability.”
at SurfaceTechnology GERMANY trade fair.
line that paints 110,000 car bodies per year,
The EcoPaintJet Pro has already won the
EcoPaintJet Pro can also lower production
this saves more than 1.5 million square meters
German Innovation Award and was recently a
costs while improving the sustainability of
of film and 2.2 million meters of masking tape
finalist for the European Inventor Award, which
individual paint shops. An initial measurement
every year plus a lot of manual work. Another
is organized by the European Patent Office.
of the DXQ3D.onsite software detects and
advantage is that the new process requires
compensates for any inaccuracies in the
up to 30% less energy than the conventional
For further information:
conveyor system or the body shop. A second
method.
www.durr.com/en/
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