Panels & Furniture Asia September/October 2022

PANEL MANUFACTURING
CLEANING BY WIPING TECHNOLOGY
For sanded surfaces, the Wandres air
cleaning with the Tornado-Channel
would be sufficient. However, highgloss
effects are easier to achieve
with thinner and repetitive lacquer
coats compared to less and thicker
coats.
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The thin lacquer coats are made of
less solid paint particles and thus
are not able to compensate and
absorb any sanding dust. For these
sensitive applications, Steinert
recommends the combination of
the Wandres pre-cleaning by air and
the wiping technology. The newly
developed Wandres Sword brush
with two parallel linear brushes can
remove fine dust particles from the
surface with the Ingromat-Process.
Micro filaments covered with
micro Ingromat droplets wipe over
the surface in an offset direction.
Small particles will cling onto the
filaments by adhesion caused by the
wet surface of the brush filaments.
A flipping device integrated into
the brush secures a constant and
effective self-cleaning of the brush.
The Ingromat liquid is applied by
micro nozzles integrated into the
system.
EVERYDAY USABILITY
The combined air and wiping
technology to clean workpieces
addresses challenges in 24/7
industrial productions such as
the cleaning of medium-density
fibreboard (MDF), furniture
parts, parquet and others. With
the integration of the combined
Wandres Tornado-Channel and the
Sword Brush, defects of workpieces
based on dust particles embedded
in the painted surface are reduced,
the thickness of the paint coat
reduced, which has a positive cost
and quality effect, and interruptions
of the production reduced.
Simultaneously, the working
conditions are improved with
less dust in the surrounding
air. P
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Legend
1 The Tornada-
Channel TKR 200:
Pre-cleaning with
rotating Tornado
nozzles and final
dust removal with
the Sword brush
2 The Ingromat-
System
3 Dust-free surface
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