plicator. At the same time, the
availability of the system increases, and the cycle time is reduced by higher robot speeds.
Dürr showed solutions for coating and
gluing rotor blades in the wind power industry for the first time at this open house. The
company uses its automation know-how
from its traditional business areas in this field.
The automated application of adhesives and
paint in rotor blade manufacturing increases
quality and process reliability together with
less material consumption. Additional advantages include saving time by overlapping
processes during activation, cleaning, painting and drying, as well as greater durability
through reliable manufacturing processes.
For systems and automation Dürr presents the compact, modular paint booth
concept, EcoReBooth. This is based on the
proven EcoDryScrubber technology for dry
separation of paint overspray, which saves
60 percent of the energy required in the
paint booth. New with EcoReBooth is the
integrated, powerful ventilation system located within the cabin cross-section, making the system highly compact. Other
benefits include rapid installation through
construction with pre-assembled modules,
and the fact that all maintenance-related
components are situated on one level. The
flexible cabin width should also be highlighted, as it is individually adaptable to the
customer’s setting. This newly designed
paint booth reduces the space required, the
complexity, the number of filter modules,
as well as the consumption of media - and
thus ultimately the costs.
Dürr offers a new perspective for sustainable painting with alternative concepts
for the production of industrial process
heating. Dürr utilizes solar energy for the
Eco Paintshop, which reduces energy and
material consumption as well as emissions.
Low maintenance and compact Fresnel
collectors are used, which concentrate sunlight and thus function very efficiently.
While conventional collectors produce
process heat of only 80° C, Dürr achieves
temperatures of up to 400° C with these
high-performance collectors. This way
Dürr can heat ovens whose operation requires temperatures up to 220° C. This pioneering step of energy independence is
topped off with the use of combined heat
and power. With it electricity is produced
via a low-emission combustion process in a
micro gas turbine, whose waste heat is used
to heat the oven. Both technologies result
in significantly lower CO2 emissions and
conserve non-renewable energy sources.
Dürr also supports the introduction of
new drive and mobility concepts with innovative automation solutions. For their
customer, Better Place, Dürr has manufactured automatic battery exchange stations
for electric cars for Better Place, as part of
the company’s expanding global network
footprint. The first systems are being installed and a framework agreement has
been concluded for supplying additional
equipment. It’s a simple concept: You need
not tediously charge a battery that is running low, but instead completely automatically exchange it at a changing station.
This takes no more time to complete than
a visit to the gas station.
As a specialist in vehicle assembly with
know-how in gluing, testing and filling technology, as well as in automation, Dürr is optimally positioned to supply assembly lines
for complete drive batteries in electric cars.
This expertise was demonstrated to customers at the eighth Dürr Open House.
Hydromer signs agreement
with Chinese companies to use
its Hydromer medical coatings
Hydromer, Inc. announced that during it’s
last fiscal quarter, ending on March 31st
2012, it had entered into license agreements with three separate Chinese medical device manufacturers.
Under the terms of these agreements,
each Chinese company is licensed to use certain proprietary Hydromer medical coatings
on medical devices, such as intraocular lens
injection nozzles, tissue culture dishes and
rods, and various intravenous catheters.
These Chinese medical device companies will make their Hydromer coated devices available for their Chinese and
international clients.
“We are delighted with our new Chinese
relationships and are proud to have our innovative Hydromer medical coating technologies contribute to the growing Chinese
medical device market sector,” said Martin
von Dyck, executive vice president of Hydromer, Inc. “Each of these Chinese compa-
nies is using different Hydromer medical
coating technologies that are formulated for
their respective device material selections and
coated device performance requirements.”
Hydromer, Inc. is a bio-technology-
based company involved in the research
and development, manufacture, contract
coating and commercialization of special-
ized polymer and hydrogel products for
medical device, animal health, cosmetic,
personal care and industrial uses. These
technologies include Hydromer lubricious
/ anti-microbial / anti-thrombogenic / cell
anti-mitosis / cell growth enhancing coat-
ings for the medical marketplace.
Industrial Nanotech to open
office in India
Industrial Nanotech, Inc., is opening a sales
office in India due to increased demand for
its Nansulate energy saving and protective
coatings from OEM manufacturers as well
as end manufacturing users to reduce energy
costs. The company plans to establish an office first in Southern India, in or near Bangalore, with expansion to Northern India
and Western India in the near future.
“India has become an increasingly im-
portant country as their manufacturing sec-
tors and economy as a whole continue to
have a healthy growth rate,” said Francesca
Crolley, vice president of business develop-
ment for Industrial Nanotech, Inc. “We
began a strategy this year focused on boost-
ing our marketing and brand presence in
India as an energy saving solution and it has
returned significant results. These include
multiple inquiries from manufacturers that
want to use Nansulate coatings for insulation
of their equipment for energy savings and
surface temperature reduction, as well as a
meeting with a leading OEM manufacturer
of process cooling systems with 14 locations
throughout India, and an international client
base, that is interested in incorporating our
technology into the process cooling systems
they manufacture and sell.”
India’s economic growth is expected to
remain robust in 2012 and 2013, despite
likely headwind of double-dip recessions
in Europe and the U.S., according to a
United Nations’ annual economic report,
“World Economic Situation and Prospects
2012”. The Indian economy is expected to
grow between 7. 7 percent and 7. 9 percent
