Ford Honors Dürr Assembly Products with World Excellence Award
Dürr received an Aligned Business Framework World Excellence Award,the third consecutive Ford award for a company in the Dürr Group.
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Using 3D to Design a Paint Shop
Laser scanning helps optimize planning in brownfield expansion projects.
Supercar Gets Super Ecoat System
By: Tim Pennington -
Honda builds unique ecoat system for Acura NSX at $70 million Performance Manufacturing Center.
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How to Make Automotive Paint Shops More Sustainable
By: Dr. Pavel Svejda - Dürr Systems AG
Q. Our paint shop is the place of highest energy consumption and highest VOC and CO2 emissions in the car manufacturing process. What measures can be taken to reduce them?
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Dürr and Kuka Introduce Jointly Developed Robot System
Companies have developed an integrated solution for automated paint application in the form of a compact robot for the use in the general industry.
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Dürr Expands In North America With Location In Mexico
The modern industrial complex with a workforce of around 280 employees opened October 28 and provides 50 percent more production and office space than the past location.
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Volkswagen: Red, White, Blue … and Green inspires new $120M plant
By: Tim Pennington -
Volkswagen: Red, White, Blue … and Green inspires new $120M plant
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Fully Automatic
'Dual Rail' technology envisions short painting lines and 100% automation through integrated application concepts.
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Better Burning
By: Jim Destefani -
Regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) are effective pollution control devices widely used to destroy up to 99.9% of VOCs in paint shop process air streams by burning at temperatures to 1,500°F.Heating air to those kinds of temperatures requires a lot of energy, so RTO suppliers are constantly developing new ways to make their RTO units more energy-efficient.
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GM Truck Plant Uses High-Output Lighting for Paint Inspection
By: Beverly Graves - Products Finishing
The perpendicular lighting fixtures provide GM with the ability to detect paint and metal imperfections, allowing them to correct flaws and enhance finishes…
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