EcoDryScrubber: Up to 30% less energy consumption in the painting process
A new technology developed by Dürr enables energy savings of up to 30% in automobile painting, which is by far the most energy-intensive manufacturing process in the production of vehicles. This figure refers to the whole paint shop. If we consider the spray booths only, the percentage of energy saved is 60%. The EcoDryScrubber system presented on October 15, 2008 works with recirculation of the booth process air and dry separation of the surplus paint particles during paint application. Recirculation reduces the energy required for air treatment significantly compared to conventional spray booths. Moreover, the elimination of standard wet separation means that fresh water is no longer required for paint separation. This results in considerable improvements in energy consumption and in CO2 and paint-particle emissions.
